Ooch

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 00:49, 18 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

Variation of scooch

Verb

Ooch (third-person singular simple present Ooches, present participle Ooching, simple past and past participle Ooched)

  1. move in small steps.
    • Rule book for the America's Cup, Section 42.2 Prohibited Actions (which may date as far back as 1851) [1],
    • "When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money." [2],
    • "Ooching is the opposite of jumping in headfirst into something. Ooching is conducting “small experiments to test one’s hypothesis.”" [3],
    • "To echo UM ‘73, my career was chosen such that I would never get away with ooching towards a solution with woulda, shoulda, coulda." [4]

Anagrams

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Auch (Kölsch)
  • Au (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German ouga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːx/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ripuarian; most dialects of northern Moselle Franconian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): /ɔːx/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "some dialects of northern Moselle Franconian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

Ooch n (plural Ooge, diminutive Ööjelche)

  1. (Bonn Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) eye
    Ich hann jet em Ooch.
    I have something in my eye.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Ooch&oldid=56394028"