scooch

verb

ˈsküch

variants or less commonly scootch

scooched also scootched; scooching also scootching; scooches also scootches

transitive + intransitive : to move a short distance by or as if by sliding

The 8-year-old scooches over on the couch to nestle right up against this visitor.

Lauren Ritchie

I sucked in my stomach and scooched sideways through the narrow passageway …

Susan Glaser

… the first violins scootched themselves and their music stands back to make room for the afternoon's soloist …

Sarah Bryan Miller

… just scootch every title down the list one spot.

Jacob Oller

especially : to make room for another person by sliding the body while seated

—often used with over

Can you scooch over a bit?

intransitive : to crouch (as in hiding)

He scooched (down) behind the bushes.

Word History

Etymology

variant of scouch, attested slightly earlier, probably expressive variant of crouch

Note: Sense 1, not attested until the mid-twentieth century, may be by association with scoot. Compare scrooch "to crouch, bend," a variant of scrouch, itself a variant of scrouge, and, with an additional nasal consonant, scrunch entry 1. Collectively, these appear to constitute a family of expressive verbs that suggest in one way or another compression of the body or some part of the body.

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 2

单词	scooch
释义	scooch verb ˈsküch variants or less commonly scootch scooched also scootched; scooching also scootching; scooches also scootches 1 transitive + intransitive : to move a short distance by or as if by sliding The 8-year-old scooches over on the couch to nestle right up against this visitor. Lauren Ritchie I sucked in my stomach and scooched sideways through the narrow passageway … Susan Glaser … the first violins scootched themselves and their music stands back to make room for the afternoon's soloist … Sarah Bryan Miller … just scootch every title down the list one spot. Jacob Oller especially : to make room for another person by sliding the body while seated —often used with over Can you scooch over a bit? 2 intransitive : to crouch (as in hiding) He scooched (down) behind the bushes. Word History Etymology variant of scouch, attested slightly earlier, probably expressive variant of crouch Note: Sense 1, not attested until the mid-twentieth century, may be by association with scoot. Compare scrooch "to crouch, bend," a variant of scrouch, itself a variant of scrouge, and, with an additional nasal consonant, scrunch entry 1. Collectively, these appear to constitute a family of expressive verbs that suggest in one way or another compression of the body or some part of the body. First Known Use 1858, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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