Meaning of rootch | Babel Free

Definitions

To root or rummage around (in search of something).

Pennsylvania, US, especially, informal

Examples

“"Do you shuss or rootch here?" asks the patient. "We rootch here," says the chief operating room nurse. The patient rootched herself over on to the operating table. Patient says to nurse, "You must make⟳ sure that I'm asleep before they operate⟳."”

“He rootched the chair around like⟳ they were still watching TV, then turned it right back. George wore the expression he saved for barn rats and chicken hawks. Janet tried to herd the conversation in another direction.”

“It's all things good and wishes answered. What story will he tell⟳ her? What lie⟳? When Olly snakes out from under the bed, his tartan bathrobe rootches up over his gaunt ribs, revealing ghastly scars. Her Weeshy Boy. So singular, so funny.”

“"You must fight⟳ it all ofer the world. You must fight⟳ it right here, in your home. Your own⟳ Ku Klux Klan —" He broke off, his face⟳ working so that he could not continue⟳. The Marine looked down at his fingers, rootched on the seat in discomfort.”

“Our model⟳ house-keeper minded closely her own⟳ business, never moving about or rootching around in what did not concern⟳ her. She was an other-guess character — an other-guess sort⟳ of person, as Goldsmith would have⟳ said.”

“Dewar, one-handed still, rootched in the bag slung at his hip and found the jemmy bar.”

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