cotch

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== cotch (third-person singular simple present cotches, present participle cotching, simple past and past participle caught or cotched or (obsolete) cotch) Pronunciation spelling of catch. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Alternative forms ==== kotch ==== Verb ==== cotch (third-person singular simple present cotches, present participle cotching, simple past and past participle cotched) (intransitive, Jamaica, MLE) To hang out or chill out; to relax. (intransitive, Jamaica) To prop, lean, rest. === References === == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkatʃ/ Hyphenation: cotch === Noun === cotch accommodation, place, space (accommodation) A lady give me a cotch at her house. ― A lady put me up at her place. Beg yuh a cotch fi di night? ― Can I spend the night at your place? (public transport) A shared space on a seat. Beg yuh a cotch? ― May I share your seat? (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) === Verb === cotch lodge, sojourn, stay over (sojourn) 'Im cotch up inna people yaad a farin. ― He's overseas staying at someone's home. obstruct; squeeze under; wedge Cotch di door. ― Put a wedge under the door to keep it open. === Further reading === Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 171