to scooch

Examples

• All

• Can you scooch over a little?

  I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

• Nyla, can you scooch your seat up just a little bit?

  Freaky (2020)

• Hey, honey, you want to scooch over for a second, please?

  The Informer (2019)

• Oh, uh, if you could just scooch a bit, from the coffee?

  Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

• Can you just scooch the car over to the left?

  The Lost City (2022)

• As I scooch forward in the chair, I wait for the computer to kick in.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Hey, would you mind letting me scooch by?

  Hitpig! (2024)

• All right, scooch over.

  The Boys in the Boat (2023)

• Everybody scooch in.

  Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

• So she will appear shortly where you're sitting and you'll be scooched over one chair segment.

Synonyms

S

to slip

vsto scooch

503 2.3

To move quietly and easily, often without being noticed

is a short deliberate shift usually while seated

S

to slither

vsto scooch

35 4.3

To move smoothly and quietly like a snake along the ground

is a brief seated slide rather than a long secret glide

S

to scoot

vsto scooch

• Informal

29 2.8

Move a short distance quickly, often to make room or hurry

is a short sliding shift rather than a fast sudden movement

Antonyms

R

to remain

∞ 1.0

To stay in the same place or state and not change

S

to stand still

75 1.0

Stay upright in one place without moving

How Far

to scoot

• Informal

29 2.8

to scooch

• Informal

8 7.9

to twitch

66 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology