Sekirov Dictionary

ooch

/uːt͡ʃ/

verb 9
noun 4
exclamation 1
forms 3

verb9

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[with oneself] (informal) To move or slide (oneself or someone, or something) by a small amount.
- It was Stephen yet not Stephen whose calloused hand was rubbing her thigh; her skirt was ooched up around her hips – she was on guard as was her habit in those days. — 2002
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[with oneself] (informal, figurative) To cause (oneself or someone, or something) to change or progress by a small amount or in small increments.
- TV technology always ooched her away from wholesome programs about, for example, seals or giraffes, towards maybe, for heaven's sake, MTV. — 2000
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(informal) To move or slide by a small amount; to scooch, to scoot.
- She didn't really pull away, just ooched over a little, leaving two or three inches between us—and I liked her better for it. — 1963
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(informal, figurative) To change or progress by a small amount or in small increments; to nudge.
- One afternoon as Lou ooched across the hot pavement in that awkward transition from the shade to the water, a black bathing suit and a slender arm brushed by him. — 2000
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(informal, figurative) To force (someone or something) to move without noticeable disruption or opposition; to nudge.
- This was a high-class white neighborhood in those days, before the colored ooched them out. — 1977
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(informal, figurative) To force to move without noticeable disruption or opposition.
- From what General Slate said, Prettyboy will just get ooched out of Fort Murray and shipped to some nice restful post in Alaska. — 1960
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(informal) To move around in a restricted or small space; to squeeze, to squirm.
- I still got sand stuck between my toes. I can feel it ooching around down there. — 1983
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(informal) To propel a boat or sailboard by rocking one's body back and forth.
- But if you are racing a boat without a chute, especially a single-hander, ooching is usually more effective. — 1977
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To cry out in discomfort or pain; to ouch.
- Maybe he was trying to make up for all those crawdads, laughing at her ooching and owwing in that sticker patch. — 1993

noun4

(informal) A small amount by which something has changed or moved.
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(informal, figurative) A small change or small amount of progress.
- To prevent those mistakes from becoming corporate failures, we have created what we call the "ooch approach." — 1996
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(informal) Something that causes discomfort or pain; an ouch.
- I had my toe redressed wiv bandage, gauze and plasters. I could tell you how Dr (Simon) Costain plucked the bits of old gauze out of my toe wiv tweezers. Dat's an ooch. — 2004
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(informal) An act of propelling a boat or sailboard forward by rocking one's body.
- I suspect it will take an ooch or two on the boom to get the upper batten to clear. — 1999

exclamation1

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A cry of discomfort or pain: ouch.
- The leader lunged forward so far that his dagger-pointed nose bumped the invisible man's notepad. "Ooch. That smarts." — 2004

forms

ooched · ooching · ooches

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