English Dictionary

ooch

/uːt͡ʃ/

noun

(obsolete) A brooch set with gems. / Something that causes pain or discomfort. / (sailing) An act of forcing the boat forward by rocking one's body. / A small, low-risk step toward a goal.

She wore a beautiful ooch on her dress.

意味（1）

(obsolete) A brooch set with gems.

Nay, more than this: I find, too, and find certain, what gold I have, pearl, bracelets, rings, or ooches, Or what she can desire, gowns petticoats, Waistcoats, embroidered stockings, scarves, cauls, feathers, Hats, five-pound garters, muffs, masks, ruffs, and ribbons, I am to give her for't.

意味（2）

Something that causes pain or discomfort.

RhuliGel soothes the itches and ooches of summer.

意味（3）

(sailing) An act of forcing the boat 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?

意味（4）

A small, low-risk step toward a goal.

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

意味（5）

A small amount by which something has moved or changed.

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?