scouch

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English

Etymology

Compare crouch.

Verb

scouch (third-person singular simple present scouches, present participle scouching, simple past and past participle scouched)

  1. (intransitive, dialect, Northampton) To stoop.
    You'll hit your head agen the beam, if you don't scouch.
    • 1916, Stanton Davis Kirkham, Half-True Stories, page 87:
      Of course, Little Bun did cry some when he couldn't find his Ma and Pa. He scouched down in the grass and the tears trickled down his cocious nose in a little stream that fell on Mr. Grasshopper, who was dozing among the leaves []