Ooch

English

Etymology

Variation of scooch

Verb

Ooch (third-person singular simple present Oochs, present participle Ooching, simple past and past participle Ooched)

  1. move in small steps.
    • Rule book for the America's Cup, Section 42.2 Prohibited Actions (which may date as far back as 1851) ,
    • "When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money." ,
    • "Ooching is the opposite of jumping in headfirst into something. Ooching is conducting “small experiments to test one’s hypothesis.”" ,
    • "To echo UM ‘73, my career was chosen such that I would never get away with ooching towards a solution with woulda, shoulda, coulda."

Anagrams


Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Auch (Kölsch)
  • Au (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German ouga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːx/ (Ripuarian; most dialects of northern Moselle Franconian)
  • IPA(key): /ɔːx/ (some dialects of northern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Ooch n (plural Ooge, diminutive Ööjelche)

  1. (Bonn Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) eye
    Ich hann jet em Ooch.
    I have something in my eye.
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