To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
From Middle English thrucchen ("to push, rush"), from Old English þryċċan ("to push, press, trample on, crush"), from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną ("to press").
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