thrutch
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryccan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-Germanic *þrukjaną (“to press”), *þrūganą (“to threaten”), from Proto-Indo-European *trūk-, *trūg- (“to press, beat”). Cognate with Dutch drukken (“to press, print”), German drücken (“to press, push”), drucken (“to print”), Danish trykke (“to press”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
thrutch (third-person singular simple present thrutches, present participle thrutching, simple past and past participle thrutched)
- (rare or dialectal) To push; press.
- To crowd; throng; squeeze.
- (figuratively) To trouble; oppress.
- To thrust.
- (caving, climbing (sport)) To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
- I thrutched up the final crack to a small pinnacle.
Noun [edit]
thrutch (plural thrutches)
- (caving, climbing (sport)) An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) A narrow gorge or ravine.
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press, thrutch. 11 September 2011 <http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/thrutch>.
