scrooch

or scrootch

[ skrooch ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

scrooch

/ skruːtʃ /

Origin of scrooch¹

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

"Page and I feel right scrooch-eyed, but after the first feeding, Dum slept through it all," laughed Dee.

He kept whispering to the others to be quiet, and to "scrooch" lower, for the Indians are proverbial for their keen sightedness.

But when the roll-call was taken one of the men was missing--Rifleman Scrooch.

Betty can scrooch down, and I'll be the father, and put leaves on her, and then I'll be a great Injun and fire at her.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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