English Explanatory Dictionary

thrutch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To push; press; shove; thrust.
  2. To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
  3. To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
  4. To trouble; oppress; distress.
noun
  1. A narrow gorge or ravine.
  2. A push; shove; thrust.
  3. A throng; a crowd.
verb
  1. 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.
noun
  1. An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching.

Pronunciation

/θɹʌt͡ʃ/

Word forms

thrutch thrutches thrutching thrutched

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”).

Synonyms

mass press assemble begather collect congregate congress crowd fall in with flock forgather gather gather up group herd league meet meet up muster pack team team up thring throng thrutch astringe compact telescope compactify condense densitize mash scrunch smush squoosh squash squish squeeze grame stress torment vex

Related words

thrack thruchins

Derived words

thrutch up thrutcher thrutching match thrutchings
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