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Scooch

//skut͡ʃ//

Definitions

1
To shift, move aside, or scoot over.
"We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night."
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.

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 […])
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skosh

Word Origin

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

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//skut͡ʃ//

1
To shift, move aside, or scoot over.
"We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night."
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.

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 […])
Similar
skosh

Word Origin

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

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