Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move a short way, especially by making short sliding movements when sitting or lying down.
- intransitive verb To crouch down.
- noun A small degree, portion, or amount; a bit.
- idiom (a scooch) To a small degree; somewhat.
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- verb US To
shift , move aside, orscoot over .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sum nice hawt tee fur yoo. *scootch scooch scooch* *pat pat* Yoo can sit rite heer wif us.
kittah jam error - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Then we kind of scooch out to the door and just kind of drop down, you know, as easily as they could.
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Then we kind of scooch out to the door and just kind of drop down, you know, as easily as they could.
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Then we kind of scooch out to the door and just kind of drop down, you know, as easily as they could.
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Then we kind of scooch out to the door and just kind of drop down, you know, as easily as they could.
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"Well, give us your bonnet, and then you 'scooch' down, and I'll pull you through."
Little Prudy Sophie May 1869
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Also at a certain time in the morning, right where the 101 and the 405 meet, it lends itself to incredible lighting, perfect for tweezing your eyebrows as you scooch along at two miles per hour.
You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again Heather McDonald 2010
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The old bitterness was forced to scooch over to make room for chagrin.
Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010
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The old bitterness was forced to scooch over to make room for chagrin.
Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010
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If I climb up the pillar, I can scooch my way across the edge of the porch.
The Other Side of Dark Sarah Smith 2010
Ubnin commented on the word scooch
I can't prove it but I think this comes from two places: 'scoot' and 'scotch', sort of a blend of both. I've heard 'a scotch more' used in bars (though quite rarely), where I like to think it comes from the legendary parsimony of the Scots. I think that where 'scooch' or 'scootch' is used as 'move a little bit,' that just came emerged from its similarity to 'scoot'. So, "scooch over a little bit" might be redundant.
May 27, 2009