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↔️ To slide a bit ↔️ A small move
scooch

scooch

4 8.7
A very small movement or amount to make space
  • noun
  • /skuːtʃ/
  • Informal
translation icon : movimiento
  • Please give me a scooch of space on the couch so I can sit down.
  • scooch over

Examples

  • I'll take this mouthy scooch and we'll go around to the right and maybe we'll get lucky.

    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

  • "Scooch up here now so I can slip this sling under your bottom there, that's good."

    Blog text (7)

  • "Scooch over, Sis."

    Fiction book (1993)

  • KAT: Scooch over, dude.

    If I Stay (2014)

  • Can you pass me a scooch of that sauce for the pasta?

  • She moved the box a scooch to make room for her backpack.

Synonyms

flick
vsscooch
24 3.0

A quick light movement made with a hand or finger

is a tiny slow shift covering a very short distance

Antonyms

quite a little
  • Informal
3 6.6

A fairly large amount of something

How Far

move
167 1.0
shift
363 3.5
nudge
23 3.5
scooch
  • Informal
4 8.7

Surface Forms

scooch singular
scooches plural

Etymology

The word scooch likely comes from the little sliding sound people make and is like the familiar word scoot. So a scooch is a 'tiny move' or a 'very small amount'.