scrootch

 [skrooch]  

scrooch

   [skrooch]
verb (used without object) Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
Also, scrootch.

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