scooch

/skut͡ʃ/

Etymology

Probably a variation of scouch (though Etymonline claims it modern and "imitative"). The verb sense "shift, scoot" is probably influenced by scoot.

scooch means to shift, move aside, or scoot over. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

verb

To shift, move aside, or scoot over.“"We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night."”
To crouch.“Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.”

A small amount; a skosh.“Clan of the Papaya Whip Stymphalian Bird (just a scooch too long and would probably be better fit for a dessert at Bennigans), Pitchfork Shoebox Clan (maybe if you were a […])”