thrutch

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɹʌt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ʌtʃ

Verb

thrutch (third-person singular simple present thrutches, present participle thrutching, simple past and past participle thrutched)

1. (rare or dialectal) To push; press.
2. To crowd; throng; squeeze.
3. (figuratively) To trouble; oppress.
4. To thrust.
5. (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)

1. (caving, climbing (sport)) An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5)
2. (UK dialectal, Northern England) A narrow gorge or ravine.

Related terms

• thrack
• thruchins

References

Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press, thrutch. 11 September 2011. Article.