Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scooch
Participle: scooched
Gerund: scooching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scooch |
| you | scooch |
| he;she;it | scooches |
| we | scooch |
| you | scooch |
| they | scooch |
Perfect
| I | have scooched |
| you | have scooched |
| he;she;it | has scooched |
| we | have scooched |
| you | have scooched |
| they | have scooched |
Past
| I | scooched |
| you | scooched |
| he;she;it | scooched |
| we | scooched |
| you | scooched |
| they | scooched |
Pluperfect
| I | had scooched |
| you | had scooched |
| he;she;it | had scooched |
| we | had scooched |
| you | had scooched |
| they | had scooched |
Future
| I | will scooch |
| you | will scooch |
| he;she;it | will scooch |
| we | will scooch |
| you | will scooch |
| they | will scooch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scooched |
| you | will have scooched |
| he;she;it | will have scooched |
| we | will have scooched |
| you | will have scooched |
| they | will have scooched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scooch |
| you | scooch |
| he;she;it | scooch |
| we | scooch |
| you | scooch |
| they | scooch |
Perfect
| I | have scooched |
| you | have scooched |
| he;she;it | have scooched |
| we | have scooched |
| you | have scooched |
| they | have scooched |
Imperfect
| I | scooched |
| you | scooched |
| he;she;it | scooched |
| we | scooched |
| you | scooched |
| they | scooched |
Pluperfect
| I | had scooched |
| you | had scooched |
| he;she;it | had scooched |
| we | had scooched |
| you | had scooched |
| they | had scooched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scooch |
| you | would scooch |
| he;she;it | would scooch |
| we | would scooch |
| you | would scooch |
| they | would scooch |
Perfect
| I | would have scooched |
| you | would have scooched |
| he;she;it | would have scooched |
| we | would have scooched |
| you | would have scooched |
| they | would have scooched |
Imperative
| you | scooch |
| we | Let's scooch |
| you | scooch |
Verbs conjugated like 'scooch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scooch'
scootch,
scorch,
scotch,
scouch,
scrooch,
skooch,
smooch,
brooch,
coach,
conch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably a variation of scouch (though Etymonline claims it modern and "imitative"). The verb sense "shift, scoot" is probably influenced by scoot.
Sample Sentences
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"We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night." [1992, Kevin Henkes, Words of Stone:]
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Lying on your side, start rocking back and forth, scooching to and fro and kicking. [1998, George Ostrom, Shannon Ostrom, Nature:]
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Turning over onto his back, he scooched down farther into his bag. It was the kind of sleeping bag with a hood built into it, so he pulled on the drawstring... [2002, Andrew Clements, A Week in the Woods:]
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Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:]