ooch

To move or slide (oneself or someone, or something) by a small amount.

I ooched my car forward. In Dallas, tailgaiting is an art. You have to protect your place in traffic, or some yahoo will sneak in before you. So you have to drive two inches away from the bumper in front of you.

It was Stephen yet not Stephen whose calloused hand was rubbing her thigh; her skirt was ooched up around her hips – she was on guard as was her habit in those days.

To cause (oneself or someone, or something) to change or progress by a small amount or in small increments.

An oocher, according to the The Encyclopedia Erratica, is a motorist who persists in ooching his speed to 35-miles-an-hour in a 30-mile zone. He also is the guy who insists on ooching another drink after the bars close.

The credit card is inflationary (merchants must be expected to ooch prices a bit to compensate for their kickbacks to the banks), even though it is responsible for only 2% of today's $98.2 billion in consumer debt.

To force (someone or something) to move without noticeable disruption or opposition; to nudge.

There is one man I haven't mentioned, who quietly, without any ostentation at all, circulated among all the thousands of boys and girls, who had been "ooched" out of Johnsville when the guards were arrested, a fellow by the name of Rifkin.

This was a high-class white neighborhood in those days, before the colored ooched them out.

To move or slide by a small amount; to scooch, to scoot.

She didn't really pull away, just ooched over a little, leaving two or three inches between us—and I liked her better for it.

All a guy has to do is yank on a T-shirt or a sweatshirt or something and he's done. No wires to pinch, no straps to slip, no overflow ooching over the sides or between the zipper that refuses to close unless you lie flat on your back and give up breathing.

To move around in a restricted or small space; to squeeze, to squirm.

I still got sand stuck between my toes. I can feel it ooching around down there.

Yes, Mr. Porter is ooching in his chair because we think you're dead wrong on that.

A small amount by which something has changed or moved.

"The credit card is inflationary (merchants must be expected to ooch prices a bit to compensate for their kickbacks to the banks)." My question: How much is an "ooch"? Also, as I am one of the benighted ones who cut up and junked the card, shouldn't I be entitled to an "ooch" discount on a cash basis or on a first-of-the-month basis?

A small change or small amount of progress.

To prevent those mistakes from becoming corporate failures, we have created what we call the "ooch approach."

‘Ooch’ by ooch, row by row [letter title] […] "We used what I call the ‘ooch’ approach for getting the business going," says Truchard. To "ooch" things means to sort of inch them along, taking small, incremental steps, while avoiding unnecessary risks, he explains.

An act of propelling a boat or sailboard forward by rocking one's body.

Presumably, this means that one may ooch only to initiate surfing or planing and that, if challenged, one must be prepared to defend one's ooching behavior in light of the conditions and the wave pattern. Potential problems: How many ooches are permitted per wave?

I suspect it will take an ooch or two on the boom to get the upper batten to clear.

A cry of discomfort or pain: ouch.

My mother must have whipped me for almost half an hour, even though it seemed like eternity. […] "Ooch, mama; ooch, mama; ooch, mama; I promise not to do this anymore!" / "I know you won't, believe me; you won't!" / "Ooch, mama; ooch, mama; ooch, mama; you are killing me!"

Now tell the children to walk around the room as though they were walking on hot, hot sand. They will want to lift their feet off the floor as quickly as they can because the sand will burn their feet. It adds to the fun to include an "ooch" or an "ouch" to the activity to give them the idea.