thrutch
English
Etymology
From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-Germanic *þrukjaną (“to press”), *þrūganą (“to threaten”), from Proto-Indo-European *trūk-, *trūg- (“to press, beat”). Cognate with Dutch drukken (“to press, print”), German drücken (“to press, push”), drucken (“to print”), Danish trykke (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θɹʌtʃ/
- Rhymes: -ʌtʃ
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)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England) A narrow gorge or ravine.
Related terms
- thrack
- thruchins
References
Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press, thrutch. 11 September 2011. Article.