Scooch

//skut͡ʃ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small amount; a skosh.

    "Clan of the Papaya Whip Stymphalian Bird (just a scooch too long and would probably be better fit for a dessert at Bennigans), Pitchfork Shoebox Clan (maybe if you were a […])"

Verb
  1. 1
    To shift, move aside, or scoot over. US

    ""We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night.""

  2. 2
    To crouch.

    "Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it."

Synonyms

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aceatomaughtbisselbitcrumb

Antonyms

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oodles

Example

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"Hey, could you scooch over so I can sit down?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

A variation of scouch. The verb sense "shift, scoot" is probably influenced by scoot.

Etymology 2

As with skoosh, a variant of skosh.

Related phrases

scooch overscoot over

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