• Scooch

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -uːtʃ

    Origin

    A variation of scouch. The first sense is probably influenced by scoot.

    Full definition of scooch

    Verb

    1. (US) To shift, move aside, or scoot over.
      • 1992, Kevin Henkes, Words of Stone"We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night."
      • 1998, George Ostrom, Shannon Ostrom, NatureLying on your side, start rocking back and forth, scooching to and fro and kicking.
      • 2002, Andrew Clements, A Week in the WoodsTurning over onto his back, he scooched down farther into his bag. It was the kind of sleeping bag with a hood built into it, so he pulled on the drawstring...
    2. To crouch.
      • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 1, Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ .” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.

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