Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thrutch
Participle: thrutched
Gerund: thrutching
Indicative
Present
| I | thrutch |
| you | thrutch |
| he;she;it | thrutches |
| we | thrutch |
| you | thrutch |
| they | thrutch |
Perfect
| I | have thrutched |
| you | have thrutched |
| he;she;it | has thrutched |
| we | have thrutched |
| you | have thrutched |
| they | have thrutched |
Past
| I | thrutched |
| you | thrutched |
| he;she;it | thrutched |
| we | thrutched |
| you | thrutched |
| they | thrutched |
Pluperfect
| I | had thrutched |
| you | had thrutched |
| he;she;it | had thrutched |
| we | had thrutched |
| you | had thrutched |
| they | had thrutched |
Future
| I | will thrutch |
| you | will thrutch |
| he;she;it | will thrutch |
| we | will thrutch |
| you | will thrutch |
| they | will thrutch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thrutched |
| you | will have thrutched |
| he;she;it | will have thrutched |
| we | will have thrutched |
| you | will have thrutched |
| they | will have thrutched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thrutch |
| you | thrutch |
| he;she;it | thrutch |
| we | thrutch |
| you | thrutch |
| they | thrutch |
Perfect
| I | have thrutched |
| you | have thrutched |
| he;she;it | have thrutched |
| we | have thrutched |
| you | have thrutched |
| they | have thrutched |
Imperfect
| I | thrutched |
| you | thrutched |
| he;she;it | thrutched |
| we | thrutched |
| you | thrutched |
| they | thrutched |
Pluperfect
| I | had thrutched |
| you | had thrutched |
| he;she;it | had thrutched |
| we | had thrutched |
| you | had thrutched |
| they | had thrutched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thrutch |
| you | would thrutch |
| he;she;it | would thrutch |
| we | would thrutch |
| you | would thrutch |
| they | would thrutch |
Perfect
| I | would have thrutched |
| you | would have thrutched |
| he;she;it | would have thrutched |
| we | would have thrutched |
| you | would have thrutched |
| they | would have thrutched |
Imperative
| you | thrutch |
| we | Let's thrutch |
| you | thrutch |
Verbs conjugated like 'thrutch'
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 'thrutch'
crutch,
grutch,
hutch,
thatch,
truth,
bedutch,
brunch,
church,
clutch,
cratch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to crowd; to throng
- press, assemble, thring
- to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
- astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, pack, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”), Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*þrukkijaną', Dutch '
drukken', German, old spelling '
drücken', Swedish '
trycka'.
Verbs referencing "thrutch"
Albanian
ndryqem.
Sample Sentences
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If awd known wot aw know neaw, says Bobby, thrutchin his honds deep into his breeches pockets un hutchin up his shilders, theaw'd not ha getten me t' Knottmill fair. [1857 February 14, James Taylor Staton, “Dumplin Haw Ghost”, in The Bowtun Luminary, volume 8, number 7, Bolton, page 52:]
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GOOD. A class o' folk ut thinken theirsels so perfect they need no thrutch for t' get a front place i'th' top shop. But if they yerd th' trumpet seaund they'd be off like red-shanks; an' wouldno' care whoa they elbowed back at th' gates. [1881, Benjamin Brierley, Ab-o'th'-Yate's Dictionary; or, Walmsley Fowt Skoomester, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, page 91:]
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Thrutchings.—To thrutch is to squeeze. The whey which is squeezed out of the cheese when under pressure and after being salted, is called thrutchings. [1891 March 4, Robert Holland, “Cheese-making and Butter-making Terms in Use in 1688”, in The Cheshire Sheaf, Chester: The "Chester Courant" Office, published 1895, Replies, page 39:]
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Thir wur o lot o foke thrutchin reawnd summut; un aw thrutcht mi sel omung um , for to see whot wur gooin on. [1857, “Part Sixt Un Last”, in Sam Sondnokkur's Ryde fro Ratchda to Manchistur, 2nd edition, Manchester: John Heywood, page 14:]
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But, there it wur,—an' there it had to stop! for noather her nor me could stir a peg. ... Well; they olez say'n there's th' most thrutchin' wheer there's th' least reawm, an' it wur so theer, by th' mon;[…] [1874, Edwin Waugh, “The Nomination”, in The Chimney Corner, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, published 1879, page 40:]
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Then he grunted, an' mumble't, an' glendur't around,
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An' he tooted about o'er th' neighbourin' ground;
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Still, never a soul to turn th' stone could he find,
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An' it made him a little bit thrutched in his mind. [1874, Edwin Waugh, “The Old Coal Man”, in The Chimney Corner, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, published 1879, page 74:]