scrooch
or scrootch
to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
Origin of scrooch
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How to use scrooch in a sentence
"Page and I feel right scrooch-eyed, but after the first feeding, Dum slept through it all," laughed Dee.
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins | Nell SpeedHe kept whispering to the others to be quiet, and to "scrooch" lower, for the Indians are proverbial for their keen sightedness.
Wyoming | Edward Sylvester EllisBut when the roll-call was taken one of the men was missing--Rifleman scrooch.
A Lively Bit of the Front | Percy F. WestermanBetty 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.
British Dictionary definitions for scrooch
/ (skruːtʃ) /
Midland English dialect to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
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