[skrooch] 
| to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually fol. by down, in, or up). |
| scrooch also scrootch (skrōōch) intr.v. scrooched also scrootched, scrooch·ing also scrootch·ing, scrooch·es also scrootch·es To hunch down; crouch: "the hot kind of hot Indiana hot weather that sends the family dog scrooching under the pickup truck to enjoy the shade" (John Skow). [Alteration (perhaps influenced by crouch) of scrooge, scrouge, to squeeze, crowd.] |
