scrooch

American  

[skrooch] / skrutʃ /

Or scrootch

verb (used without object)

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, orup ).

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scrooch British  

/ skruːtʃ /

verb

1. dialect to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching

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Etymology

Origin of scrooch

1835–45; apparently variant of scrouge, influenced in meaning by crouch

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Example Sentences

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scrooch

Before I could see what would happen next, Mister Shepherd pulled me back from the aisle and had me scrooch down under a bench.

From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Jewell Ellen Smith

“All ye’ve got to do, Patsy, is to be puttin’ your boots beside your chair onct more, an’ them legs will scrooch comfortably into them an’ never haunt ye again.

From Leerie by Ruth Sawyer

Do ye think, Sandy, that ye could scrooch out o' bed an' hump yerself over to them?

From The Primrose Ring by Ruth Sawyer

Now, Bud," Mr. Cullum said, when the bag was set on the edge of the gully, with its mouth towards the prairie, "you jest scrooch down behind this here sack an' hold the candle.

From Southern Lights and Shadows by William Dean Howells

“Oh,” sez he, “I mean to do it sly; I could scrooch down and pretend to be fixin’ my shues.”

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Marietta Holley

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