hutch up
To move slightly (sideways), in order to make room for someone; for example to move in a bed to make room for someone else to lie on, or to move sideways on a seat so as to allow someone room to sit and share that same seat.
hutch
/hʌt͡ʃ/
noun 5verb 3name 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
enormous
VERB + HUTCH
disinclined, like
PREP.
into, out
Definitions
noun
1
A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
2
A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).
“No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”
To reach the courtroom, on the second floor, one passed sundry sunless county cubbyholes: the tax assessor,... the circuit clerk, the judge of probate lived in cool dim hutches that smelled[…]
3
A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
4
A cabinet for storing dishes.
5
A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.
verb
1
To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
She hutched the all-worshipt ore.
2
To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
3
To move with a jerk; to hitch.
And the mind was very disinclined to hutch out of the crevice and face what must be done. […] He hauled himself out of the crevice and the air was warm so that he undressed to trousers and sweater. […] He hutched himself back against a rock with his legs sprawled apart.
name
1
A male given name.
2
A surname.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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“No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”
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To reach the courtroom, on the second floor, one passed sundry sunless county cubbyholes: the tax assessor,... the circuit clerk, the judge of probate lived in cool dim hutches that smelled[…]
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In 1880, Punch commented that the London & South Western Railway directors must have been keen rabbit fanciers, "for the number of hutches scattered over their 'system' is enormous". Yet, "these hutch
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She hutched the all-worshipt ore.
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And the mind was very disinclined to hutch out of the crevice and face what must be done. […] He hauled himself out of the crevice and the air was warm so that he undressed to trousers and sweater. […
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But my place is like a rabbit hutch.
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