thratch

Scots

Alternative forms

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

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.
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