scrootch

scrooch

also scrootch S0172900 (skro͞och)intr.v. scrooched, scrooch·ing, scrooch·es also scrootched or scrootch·ing or scrootch·es To hunch down or move in a crouching position: "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.]

scrootch

(skruːtʃ) vb (intr) to crouch or hunch up