scrooch
(redirected from scrooched)scrooch
also scrootch (skro͞och)intr.v. scrooched, scrooch·ing, scrooch·es also scrootched or scrootch·ing or scrootch·es
To hunch down or move in a crouching position: "the hot kind of hot Indiana hot weather that sends the family dog scrooching under the pickup truck to enjoy the shade" (John Skow).
[Alteration (perhaps influenced by crouch) of scrooge, scrouge, to squeeze, crowd.]
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scrooch
(skruːtʃ)vb
dialect Midland English to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
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scrooch
Past participle: scrooched
Gerund: scrooching
| Imperative |
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| scrooch |
| scrooch |
| Present |
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| I scrooch |
| you scrooch |
| he/she/it scrooches |
| we scrooch |
| you scrooch |
| they scrooch |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I scrooched |
| you scrooched |
| he/she/it scrooched |
| we scrooched |
| you scrooched |
| they scrooched |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am scrooching |
| you are scrooching |
| he/she/it is scrooching |
| we are scrooching |
| you are scrooching |
| they are scrooching |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have scrooched |
| you have scrooched |
| he/she/it has scrooched |
| we have scrooched |
| you have scrooched |
| they have scrooched |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was scrooching |
| you were scrooching |
| he/she/it was scrooching |
| we were scrooching |
| you were scrooching |
| they were scrooching |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had scrooched |
| you had scrooched |
| he/she/it had scrooched |
| we had scrooched |
| you had scrooched |
| they had scrooched |
| Future |
|---|
| I will scrooch |
| you will scrooch |
| he/she/it will scrooch |
| we will scrooch |
| you will scrooch |
| they will scrooch |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have scrooched |
| you will have scrooched |
| he/she/it will have scrooched |
| we will have scrooched |
| you will have scrooched |
| they will have scrooched |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be scrooching |
| you will be scrooching |
| he/she/it will be scrooching |
| we will be scrooching |
| you will be scrooching |
| they will be scrooching |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been scrooching |
| you have been scrooching |
| he/she/it has been scrooching |
| we have been scrooching |
| you have been scrooching |
| they have been scrooching |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been scrooching |
| you will have been scrooching |
| he/she/it will have been scrooching |
| we will have been scrooching |
| you will have been scrooching |
| they will have been scrooching |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been scrooching |
| you had been scrooching |
| he/she/it had been scrooching |
| we had been scrooching |
| you had been scrooching |
| they had been scrooching |
| Conditional |
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| I would scrooch |
| you would scrooch |
| he/she/it would scrooch |
| we would scrooch |
| you would scrooch |
| they would scrooch |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have scrooched |
| you would have scrooched |
| he/she/it would have scrooched |
| we would have scrooched |
| you would have scrooched |
| they would have scrooched |
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