ooch

== English == === Etymology 1 === The verb is possibly a variant of scooch or scoot, or an onomatopoeia representing the movement. The noun is possibly derived from the verb. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /uːt͡ʃ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ut͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -uːtʃ ==== Verb ==== ooch (third-person singular simple present ooches, present participle ooching, simple past and past participle ooched) (informal) (transitive) (also reflexive) To move or slide (oneself or someone, or something) by a small amount. (also reflexive, figurative) To cause (oneself or someone, or something) to change or progress by a small amount or in small increments. (figurative) To force (someone or something) to move without noticeable disruption or opposition; to nudge. (intransitive) To move or slide by a small amount; to scooch, to scoot. To move around in a restricted or small space; to squeeze, to squirm. (figurative) To change or progress by a small amount or in small increments; to nudge. (figurative) To force to move without noticeable disruption or opposition. (sailing) To propel a boat or sailboard by rocking one's body back and forth. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== ooch (plural ooches) (informal) A small amount by which something has changed or moved. Synonyms: scooch, skoosh, skosh; see also Thesaurus:modicum (figurative) A small change or small amount of progress. (sailing) An act of propelling a boat or sailboard forward by rocking one's body. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === The interjection and noun are probably variants of ouch. The verb is probably derived from the interjection, or also from ouch (verb). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /uːt͡ʃ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ut͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -uːtʃ ==== Interjection ==== ooch A cry of discomfort or pain: ouch. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== ooch (plural ooches) (informal) Something that causes discomfort or pain; an ouch. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== ooch (third-person singular simple present ooches, present participle ooching, simple past and past participle ooched) (intransitive) To cry out in discomfort or pain; to ouch. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === See ouche. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /aʊtʃ/ Rhymes: -aʊtʃ ==== Noun ==== ooch (plural ooches) (obsolete except historical or poetic) Alternative spelling of ouche (“a brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when set with jewels or valuable”). === References === === Anagrams === Choo, hoco, choo, HOCO, 'choo, HoCo, coho == Yucatec Maya == === Alternative forms === och === Etymology === From Proto-Mayan *ooʼhch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈòːt͡ʃ] === Noun === ooch opossum ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003), Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 160: “OOCH” Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980), Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 593: “OCH” Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746), Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177: “Zorro. Och.” Montgomery, John (2004), Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 69: “ooch” Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877), Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 255: “OCH: zorrillo. Ooch nac u talel, viene paso á paso como gato ó zorro.”