scootch
/skutʃ/
verb
- To move a short distance, especially while seated, often to make room for someone else.
- Scootch over so I can sit on the couch.
- The kids scootched together on the bench for a photo.
- He scootched his chair closer to the fire.
- To move slowly or carefully in a small space.
- The cat scootched under the bed to hide.
- She scootched through the narrow gap in the fence.
- He scootched along the ledge, holding onto the wall.