Definitions For Thrutch

Noun

{{en-noun, thrutches}} (caving, climbing (sport)) An obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching (See verb #5) (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England) A narrow gorge or ravine.

Related terms

thrack thruchins

References

Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press, thrutch. 11 September 2011. .

Verb

thrutches , thrutching , thrutched (rare, or, dialectal) To push; press. To crowd; throng; squeeze. (figuratively) To trouble; oppress. To thrust. (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. : I thrutched up the final crack to a small pinnacle.

Synonyms

crowd, throng mass, press; see also thesaurus:assemble squeeze compress, condense; see also thesaurus:compress

Etymology

From Middle English thrucchen, , to push, rush, from {{inh, en, ang, þryċċan, , to push, press, trample on, crush}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *þrukkijaną, , to press}}.

Is Thrutch a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Words with Friends
15

The word Thrutch is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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