rootch
rootch verb: to root or rummage around (in search of something). Also the alternative form of rutch.
Verb
rootch (third-person singular simple present rootches, present participle rootching, simple past and past participle rootched)
- To root or rummage around (in search of something).
- Our model house-keeper minded closely her own business, never moving about or rootching around in what did not concern her. She was an other-guess character — an other-guess sort of person, as Goldsmith would have said.1870, American Educational Monthly, page 332
- Dewar, one-handed still, rootched in the bag slung at his hip and found the jemmy bar.2018, Elizabeth Willey, A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, Gateway, →ISBN
Also used as
rootch is also the alternative form of rutch.
Forms of rootch
| third-person singular present | rootches |
|---|---|
| present participle | rootching |
| past participle | rootched |
| past | rootched |
Origin of rootch
See rutch.
Questions about rootch
- What does rootch mean?
- Rootch means to root or rummage around (in search of something).
- What part of speech is rootch?
- Rootch is a verb.
- What is the past tense of rootch?
- The past tense of rootch is rootched.
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