2. Verb. To crowd; throng; squeeze. ¹
3. Verb. (context: figuratively) To trouble; oppress. ¹
4. Verb. To thrust. ¹
5. Verb. (context: caving, climbing (sport)) 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. ¹
6. Noun. (context: caving, climbing (sport)) An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5) ¹
7. Noun. (context: UK dialectal Northern England) A narrow gorge or ravine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thrutch
1. to thrust [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: thrust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrutch
Literary usage of Thrutch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"thrutch, v. to push, to press, to crowd; and, figuratively, ... "Aw think thae'rt
a bit thrutch't i' thi mind this 1867. mornin' ..."
2. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"(1) va "thrutch 'em in" ... Cheshire proverb, ' ' Maxfield ( = Macclesfield)
measure, heap and thrutch. ... It is very salt and proverbially nasty. thrutch- ..."
3. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"thrutch [thr'uch-1, same as Thrush, qv,—' w'eer bin'ee ... Maxfield measure, heap
and thrutch, ie thrust. Cheshire.'— RAY'S Proverbs, p. 59. ..."
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