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scrooch
(redirected from scrootching)

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scrooch also scrootch  (skrch)
intr.v. scrooched also scrootched, scrooch·ing also scrootch·ing, scrooch·es also scrootch·es
To hunch down; crouch: "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.]

scrooch [skruːtʃ]
vb
Midland English dialect to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
Translations
scrooch
vi (esp US) → kauern; to scrooch downsich hinkauern


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