scouchv.

Brit.

/skaʊtʃ/, U.S.

/skaʊtʃ/

Forms: 1800s skouch, 1800s– scouch.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: scrooch v.

Etymology: Apparently a variant of scrooch v. (compare forms at that entry): compare e.g. skimp v. beside scrimp v. Compare slightly later scooch v. Compare also squat v., crouch v.¹

English regional (chiefly midlands) and U.S. regional (northern). Now rare.

intransitive. To crouch or stoop; to move while doing this.

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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 201 You'll hit your head agen the bean, if you don't scouch.

1890 Dial. Notes 1 i. 19 Scooch, crouch... In New York City scouch (skautš) is said to be used.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 262/1 Scouch, to crouch, stoop, bend down.

1941 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 4 Feb. 8/5 She paid her penny faithfully to the toll man at his booth midway, while the boys scouched unseen past the wicket to save the price of a bag of bon bons.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scouch
释义	scouchv. Brit. /skaʊtʃ/, U.S. /skaʊtʃ/ Forms: 1800s skouch, 1800s– scouch. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: scrooch v. Etymology: Apparently a variant of scrooch v. (compare forms at that entry): compare e.g. skimp v. beside scrimp v. Compare slightly later scooch v. Compare also squat v., crouch v.¹ English regional (chiefly midlands) and U.S. regional (northern). Now rare. intransitive. To crouch or stoop; to move while doing this. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 201 You'll hit your head agen the bean, if you don't scouch. 1890 Dial. Notes 1 i. 19 Scooch, crouch... In New York City scouch (skautš) is said to be used. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 262/1 Scouch, to crouch, stoop, bend down. 1941 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 4 Feb. 8/5 She paid her penny faithfully to the toll man at his booth midway, while the boys scouched unseen past the wicket to save the price of a bag of bon bons. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1854
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