thratch

Scots

Alternative forms

• thrack

Etymology

Origin obscure. Likely from Middle English threken, thricchen (“to push, squeeze”), from Old English þryċċan (“to press”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan (“to press”). Cognate with English thrutch.

Pronunciation

• (Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /θrat͡ʃ/

Noun

thratch

1. Laboured breathing.

Verb

thratch

1. To twist the body about; to struggle; to writhe, convulse, or contort.
2. To gasp for breath.