rutched
rutched is the simple past and past participle of rutch.
Meaning of rutch
Verb
rutch (third-person singular simple present rutches, present participle rutching, simple past and past participle rutched)
- To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.
- Then Ismail set the pace yet faster, and they became the last two of a procession of turbaned men who tramped along a winding tunnel into a great mountain's womb. The sound of slippers clicking and rutching on the rock floor swelled and died and swelled again ...1916, Talbot Mundy, King-of the Khyber rifles: a romance of adventure, page 201
- To squirm; to move around frequently.
- Sitting on hard wooden chairs in school didn't help one bit, and I had an especially difficult time sitting still in class. One of my teachers was quite versed in Pennsylvania Dutch, and kept saying, “Quit your rutching!"2010, Robert Struesel, He Said I Could: Extraordinary from the Ordinary, iUniverse, →ISBN
Questions about rutched
- What is rutched the simple past and past participle of?
- Rutched is the simple past and past participle of rutch.
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