English

Alternative forms

• sytch, sitche, sytch (obsolete)
• sich, siche (dialectal)

Noun

sitch ‎(plural sitches)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A brook; ditch; gutter; drain; ravine

Related terms

• sike

Etymology 2

Shortening of situation, with phonetic respelling.

Noun

sitch

1. (slang) situation
   • 2005, Lois H. Gresh & Robert E. Weinberg, The science of supervillains, John Wiley and Sons, page 1:

     So here's the sitch: Bruce Banner and Betty Ross Talbot are falling from roughly eight miles high.

   • 2007, George Bennett Fain, Pandora's Box, Lulu.com, page 159:

     Valeska had insisted 'she' stay, sleep where it was definitely safe. Just 'til the sitch could be settled.

   • 2008, Editors of TEEN magazine, Teen Uncover the Real You: A Quiz Book, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., page 2:

     Maybe one is more introspective and the other is more outgoing. Whatever the sitch, you two balance each other out.