sitch

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sich, siche, from Old English sīċ (“a watercourse; sike”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīk, from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; a trickle”).

Alternative forms

• sytch, sitche, sytch (obsolete)
• sich, siche (dialectal)

Pronunciation

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Noun

sitch (plural sitches)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A brook; ditch; gutter; drain; ravine.

Related terms

• sike

Etymology 2

Shortening of situation, with phonetic respelling.

Noun

sitch (plural sitches)

1. (slang) Situation.
   • 2005, Lois H. Gresh & Robert E. Weinberg, The science of supervillains, John Wiley and Sons, page 1:

     So here's the sitch: Bruce Banner and Betty Ross Talbot are falling from roughly eight miles high.

   • 2007, George Bennett Fain, Pandora's Box, Lulu.com, page 159:

     Valeska had insisted 'she' stay, sleep where it was definitely safe. Just 'til the sitch could be settled.

   • 2008, Editors of TEEN magazine, Teen Uncover the Real You: A Quiz Book, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., page 2:

     Maybe one is more introspective and the other is more outgoing. Whatever the sitch, you two balance each other out.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Great, I'll see you back in there. Also, I wouldn't lose my mind if you decided to chew a stick of gum. Thanks for understanding the sitch, Gina, you're a china doll.

Anagrams

• Tisch, chist, chits, sicht, stchi, stich