Meaning

2 senses

  1. (US)To shift, move aside, or scoot over.

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  2. To crouch.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Hey, could you scooch over so I can sit down?

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  2. Pardon me, but would you mind scooching over just a bit?

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  3. My daughter scooched over next to me on the sofa and looked at me with puppy dog eyes.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to shift, move aside, or scoot over:

Origin

Probably a variation of scouch (though Etymonline claims it modern and "imitative"). The v

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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Forms

scooches, scooching, scooched, scooched
Base formscooch · to scooch
3rd person singularscooches
Present participlescooching
Past simplescooched
Past participlescooched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscooch
he, she, itscooches

Past simpleLesson

all personsscooched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scooched
he, she, ithas scooched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scooch

Word family

1 related words
Derivedscooch over

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scoldB1sconescoopscoot
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