thrutch

Meaning

Verb

1. To push; press.
2. To crowd; throng; squeeze.
3. To trouble; oppress.
4. To thrust.
5. 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 (See verb #5)
2. A narrow gorge or ravine.

Synonyms

press

squeeze

squoosh

Translations

esprémer

ausquetschen

froisser

spremere

strizzare

exprimo

uitpersen

espremer

estrujar

ezmek

sığdırmak

sığmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹʌt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thrucchen

Inherited from Old English: þryċċan

Cognate with Western Frisian: drukke

Cognate with Dutch: drukken

Cognate with German: drücken

Cognate with Swedish: trycka

In summary

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”).