thrutch

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Definition of thrutch in English English dictionary

to push, press

to move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney

to trouble, oppress

to crowd, throng; squeeze

An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5)

to thrust

Etymology

() From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryccan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-Germanic *þrukjanan (“to press”), *þrūganan (“to threaten”), from Proto-Indo-European *trūk-, *trūg- (“to press, beat”). Cognate with Dutch drukken (“to press, print”), German drücken (“to press, push”), Danish trykke (“to press”).