Definitions
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- verb rare or dialectal To
push ;press . - verb To
crowd ;throng ;squeeze . - verb figuratively To
trouble ;oppress . - verb To
thrust . - verb caving ) 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 . - noun caving ) An obstacle overcome by
thrutching ; an act ofthrutching (See verb #5) - noun Northern England A narrow
gorge orravine .
Etymologies
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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"), drucken ("to print"), Danish trykke ("to press").
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Examples
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Oh, and I've learned some new words since I've been here: 'thrutch' and 'furtle'.
Me And My Big Mouth 2008
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Aw welly think as th 'Almeety con find room for Amanda, and if He con, I think we mud be like to thrutch (push) her into Rehoboth.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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