cwtch
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cwtch¹
- /kʊtʃ/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊtʃ
Where it comes from
From Welsh cwtsh (“hug, cuddle; little corner, recess”), from Middle English couche. Doublet of couch.
noun cwtches · cwtsh
- A cubbyhole or similar hiding place. In front of the pavement again stretched a flat patch of rusty ground, a sort of little platform in the side of the hill where the sagging drying-lines stood and a chickens' cwtch built of orange-boxes.
- A hug or cuddle. I am expecting the big man to come round the corner and give me a ‘cwtch’ as he has done beside countless rugby fields.
cwtch²
- /kʊtʃ/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊtʃ
Where it comes from
From Welsh cwtsio, from cwtsh + -o (suffix forming verbnouns).
verb cwtches · cwtching · cwtched · cwtsh
- To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort.
- To crouch or lie (down). A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way.
