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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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[edit]
- (crowd, throng): mass, press; see also Thesaurus:assemble
- (squeeze): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress
Noun[edit]
thrutch (plural thrutches)
- (caving, climbing (sport)) An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) A narrow gorge or ravine.
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References[edit]
Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press, thrutch. 11 September 2011. Article.
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