Ooch
English
Etymology
Variation of scooch
Verb
Ooch (third-person singular simple present Oochs, present participle Ooching, simple past and past participle Ooched)
- 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."
Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German ouga.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ooch n (plural Ooge, diminutive Ööjelche)
- (Bonn Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) eye
- Ich hann jet em Ooch.
- I have something in my eye.
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