verb
- past tense of scrootch; to crouch down or squeeze into a small space
Usage: informal; dialectal
Examples
- She scrootched down behind the couch to hide.
- The cat scrootched under the bed during the thunderstorm.
- He scrootched into the tiny car seat.
- The children scrootched together on the small bench.
- I scrootched down to pick up the dropped coin.
- The dog scrootched into the corner when it heard fireworks.