Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scooch

/skut͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: scooch
IPA: /skut͡ʃ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shift, move aside, or scoot over.

American usage

verb

noun

A small amount; a skosh.

Example Sentences

""We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night.""
"Lying on your side, start rocking back and forth, scooching to and fro and kicking."
"Turning over onto his back, he scooched down farther into his bag. It was the kind of sleeping bag with a hood built into it, so he pulled on the drawstring..."
"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."
"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 […])"
"Strolling to the stereo, Ronny turned the volume dial a scooch to the left, looking at the chef with what Jimmy's father would've called a smack-me face. “Hurry it up.” Chef Alfred was tasting the stock. He rapped the spoon against the ..."

Etymology

Probably a variation of scouch (though Etymonline claims it modern and "imitative"). The verb sense "shift, scoot" is probably influenced by scoot.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

scooches (present, singular) scooching (participle, present) scooched (participle, past) scooched (past) scootch (alternative) skooch (alternative) skootch (alternative) scooches (plural)

Phrases

scooch over

Synonyms

skosh skoosh ace atom thought atomy aught bissel continental bit crumb glimpse

Rhymes With

couch brooch pooch gooch hooch smooch lodz mooch cooch baluch booch nooch

Questions

How do you pronounce scooch?: The recorded pronunciation is /skut͡ʃ/.
What does scooch mean?: To shift, move aside, or scoot over.
Where does scooch come from?: Probably a variation of scouch (though Etymonline claims it modern and "imitative"). The verb sense "shift, scoot" is probably influenced by scoot.

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