thrutch
/θɹʌt͡ʃ/
thrutch verb: to push; press; shove; thrust.
Verb (1)
thrutch (third-person singular simple present thrutches, present participle thrutching, simple past and past participle thrutched)
- To push; press; shove; thrust.
- If awd known wot aw know neaw, says Bobby, thrutchin his honds deep into his breeches pockets un hutchin up his shilders, theaw'd not ha getten me t' Knottmill fair.1857 February 14, James Taylor Staton, “Dumplin Haw Ghost”, in The Bowtun Luminary, volume 8, number 7, Bolton, page 52
- GOOD. A class o' folk ut thinken theirsels so perfect they need no thrutch for t' get a front place i'th' top shop. But if they yerd th' trumpet seaund they'd be off like red-shanks; an' wouldno' care whoa they elbowed back at th' gates.1881, Benjamin Brierley, Ab-o'th'-Yate's Dictionary; or, Walmsley Fowt Skoomester, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, page 91
- To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
- Thrutchings.—To thrutch is to squeeze. The whey which is squeezed out of the cheese when under pressure and after being salted, is called thrutchings.1891 March 4, Robert Holland, “Cheese-making and Butter-making Terms in Use in 1688”, in The Cheshire Sheaf, Chester: The "Chester Courant" Office, published 1895, Replies, page 39
- To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
- Thir wur o lot o foke thrutchin reawnd summut; un aw thrutcht mi sel omung um , for to see whot wur gooin on.1857, “Part Sixt Un Last”, in Sam Sondnokkur's Ryde fro Ratchda to Manchistur, 2nd edition, Manchester: John Heywood, page 14
- But, there it wur,—an' there it had to stop! for noather her nor me could stir a peg. ... Well; they olez say'n there's th' most thrutchin' wheer there's th' least reawm, an' it wur so theer, by th' mon;[…]1874, Edwin Waugh, “The Nomination”, in The Chimney Corner, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, published 1879, page 40
- Synonyms:
- mass, press, assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, crowd, fall in with, flock
- To trouble; oppress; distress.
- Then he grunted, an' mumble't, an' glendur't around,
An' he tooted about o'er th' neighbourin' ground;
Still, never a soul to turn th' stone could he find,
An' it made him a little bit thrutched in his mind.1874, Edwin Waugh, “The Old Coal Man”, in The Chimney Corner, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, published 1879, page 74
- Then he grunted, an' mumble't, an' glendur't around,
Noun (1)
thrutch (plural thrutches)
- A narrow gorge or ravine.
- A push; shove; thrust.
- There wur nowt left for Yem, theerefore, but to rouse up hur conshusness, so so settin his feet ogen hur un his bonds, he gien one sammin good thrutch, un sent hur slap off th' bed on to th' floor;1857 January 10, “Jealousy”, in The Bowtun Luminary, volume 8, number 2, Bolton, page 15
- A throng; a crowd.
Verb (2)
thrutch (third-person singular simple present thrutches, present participle thrutching, simple past and past participle thrutched)
- To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
- I thrutched up the final crack to a small pinnacle.
Noun (2)
thrutch (plural thrutches)
- An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching.
Synonyms of thrutch
Forms of thrutch
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | thrutches |
| present participle | thrutching |
| past participle | thrutched |
| past | thrutched |
| Noun | |
| plural | thrutches |
Origin of thrutch
From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”), Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”).
Words formed from thrutch
- thrutch up
- thrutcher
- thrutching match
- thrutchings
Words that rhyme with thrutch
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Questions about thrutch
- What does thrutch mean?
- Thrutch means to push; press; shove; thrust.
- What part of speech is thrutch?
- Thrutch can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce thrutch?
- Thrutch is pronounced /θɹʌt͡ʃ/.
- What is the past tense of thrutch?
- The past tense of thrutch is thrutched.
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