thrutch
English
Etymology
From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”), Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”).
Pronunciation
Verb
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.
Synonyms
- (crowd, throng): mass, press; see also Thesaurus:assemble
- (squeeze): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress
Noun
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.
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References
Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press, thrutch. 11 September 2011. Article.
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