# thrutch

> English word · Verb · IPA /θɹʌt͡ʃ/

## Definitions
1. To push; press; shove; thrust.
2. To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
3. To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
4. To trouble; oppress; distress.

## Etymology
From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”), Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thrutch