scooch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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 […])
动词 v.
  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. 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.

词形变化

scooches present,singular,third-person scooching participle,present scooched participle,past scooched past scootch alternative skooch alternative skootch alternative scooches plural scootch alternative skooch alternative skootch alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
scooch over

词源

词源 1
Probably a variation of scouch (though Etymonline claims it modern and "imitative"). The verb sense "shift, scoot" is probably influenced by scoot.
词源 2
As with skoosh, a variant of skosh.
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