scroochv.

/skruːtʃ/

Forms: Also scrouch.

Etymology: Dialectal variant of scrouge v., perhaps reinforced (in later uses) by crouch v.¹; see also scrinch v., scringe v.¹ and scrunch v.

dialect and colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

1. intransitive. = scrouge v. 1b, 1c; to crouch or bend. Frequently with down. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (intransitive)]

ruck?c1225

cowerc1300

crouchc1394

couch?a1400

hurklea1400

quatc1425

squat1573

squat1609

thigh1611

swat1615

hunker1720

lower1720

squattle1786

croodle1788

scrooch1844

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxix. 196 When she did kinder start up, it was jest to scrouch a leetle closer to me than she was afore.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxiii. 229 He cuts a corner so closely now and then..that I feel myself ‘scrooching’, as the children say.

1882 Cent. Mag. Apr. 888/2 I scrooch'd down in the bag.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn ii. 22 We scrouched down and laid still.

1911 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Warren's Wards i. 12 Scrooch down and see if yuo can't wriggle down underneath.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 701 Scrooching down on me like that all the time with his big hipbones.

1948 A. Lomax in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 475/2 Natchez scrooched up on the step.

1955 Time 14 Nov. 116/2 The focus scrooches down pretty quickly on the kind of hot grits that generally go with the greens Hollywood loves best.

1956 B. Cleary Fifteen i. 31 He was..tall enough so a medium-sized girl could..not feel she had to scrooch down when she walked beside him.

2. transitive. = scrouge v. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > by size, shape, etc.

sparkle1601

stain1831

wrinkle1841

bug1865

scrouge1909

scrooch1929

the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body

cringe1594

scrooch1958

1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris iv. 282 He right dar now, watchin' dis lantern wid his eyes scrooched up.

1958 C. McCullers Square Root of Wonderful ii. 90 When I hear the words agony or labor, it makes me scrooch up my behind.

Derivatives

scrooched adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective]

quatc1425

hurkling?a1513

hurkled1567

squat1582

crouchanta1593

crouching1600

couchant1693

squatted1818

squatting1871

scrooched1885

1885 H. H. Jackson Zeph ii. 71 Sittin' all scrouched into a heap.

1957 E. Eager Magic by Lake vii. 158 He marched to his appointed jar (which happened to be the one in which Katharine sat scrooched).

ˈscrooching n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [noun]

squattinga1425

rucking1440

rucklingc1500

scrooching1941

1941 B. A. Williams Strange Woman vii. 521 Will accused him of scrooching down to make the hole seem deeper than it was.

ˈscroochy adj. characterized by scrooching, cowering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective] > characterized by

scroochy1844

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 229 The white figger at t'other eend the entry was..lookin kinder scroochy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scrooch
释义	scroochv. /skruːtʃ/ Forms: Also scrouch. Etymology: Dialectal variant of scrouge v., perhaps reinforced (in later uses) by crouch v.¹; see also scrinch v., scringe v.¹ and scrunch v. dialect and colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). 1. intransitive. = scrouge v. 1b, 1c; to crouch or bend. Frequently with down. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (intransitive)] ruck?c1225 cowerc1300 crouchc1394 couch?a1400 hurklea1400 quatc1425 squat1573 squat1609 thigh1611 swat1615 hunker1720 lower1720 squattle1786 croodle1788 scrooch1844 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxix. 196 When she did kinder start up, it was jest to scrouch a leetle closer to me than she was afore. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxiii. 229 He cuts a corner so closely now and then..that I feel myself ‘scrooching’, as the children say. 1882 Cent. Mag. Apr. 888/2 I scrooch'd down in the bag. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn ii. 22 We scrouched down and laid still. 1911 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Warren's Wards i. 12 Scrooch down and see if yuo can't wriggle down underneath. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 701 Scrooching down on me like that all the time with his big hipbones. 1948 A. Lomax in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 475/2 Natchez scrooched up on the step. 1955 Time 14 Nov. 116/2 The focus scrooches down pretty quickly on the kind of hot grits that generally go with the greens Hollywood loves best. 1956 B. Cleary Fifteen i. 31 He was..tall enough so a medium-sized girl could..not feel she had to scrooch down when she walked beside him. 2. transitive. = scrouge v. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > by size, shape, etc. sparkle1601 stain1831 wrinkle1841 bug1865 scrouge1909 scrooch1929 the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body cringe1594 scrooch1958 1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris iv. 282 He right dar now, watchin' dis lantern wid his eyes scrooched up. 1958 C. McCullers Square Root of Wonderful ii. 90 When I hear the words agony or labor, it makes me scrooch up my behind. Derivatives scrooched adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective] quatc1425 hurkling?a1513 hurkled1567 squat1582 crouchanta1593 crouching1600 couchant1693 squatted1818 squatting1871 scrooched1885 1885 H. H. Jackson Zeph ii. 71 Sittin' all scrouched into a heap. 1957 E. Eager Magic by Lake vii. 158 He marched to his appointed jar (which happened to be the one in which Katharine sat scrooched). ˈscrooching n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [noun] squattinga1425 rucking1440 rucklingc1500 scrooching1941 1941 B. A. Williams Strange Woman vii. 521 Will accused him of scrooching down to make the hole seem deeper than it was. ˈscroochy adj. characterized by scrooching, cowering. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective] > characterized by scroochy1844 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 229 The white figger at t'other eend the entry was..lookin kinder scroochy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1844
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