scrooch

scrooch
/skroohch/, v.i. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually fol. by down, in, or up).
Also, scrootch.
[1835-45; appar. var. of SCROUGE, influenced in meaning by CROUCH]

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