Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To squirm; to move around frequently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Dutch, English, Pennsylvania, especially
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Partly from German rutschen (“slide”), partly (especially in Pennsylvania Dutch English) from Pennsylvania German rutsche (“slide; move around frequently”), and partly (especially in Amish use) from Plautdietsch rutschen (“slide”). Compare also West Country English ruge (“slippery”).
