Crotch vs. Crouch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Crotch and Crouch
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Crotch
In humans, the crotch is the bottom of the pelvis (the region of the body where the legs join the torso) and is often considered to include the groin and genitals.
Crouch
To stoop, especially with the knees bent
Crouched over the grate, searching for his keys.
Crotch
The angle or region of the angle formed by the junction of two parts or members, such as two legs or branches.
Crouch
To press the entire body close to the ground with the limbs bent
A cat crouching near its prey.
Crotch
The area on a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts that is between the legs.
ADVERTISEMENT
Crouch
To bend servilely or timidly; cringe.
Crotch
The piece of material used to construct this area of an item of clothing.
Crouch
To bend (the head or knee, for example) low, as in fear or humility.
Crotch
The fork of a pole or other support.
Crouch
The act or posture of bending low or crouching.
Crotch
The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.
Crouch
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
Crotch
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.
Crouch
(intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.
Crotch
Either the male or female genitalia.
He cringed at being kicked in the crotch.
Crouch
(obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.
Crotch
(billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
Crouch
A bent or stooped position.
The cat waited in a crouch, hidden behind the hedge.
Crotch
(typography) The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".
Crouch
(obsolete) A cross.
Crotch
(transitive) To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
To crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots
Crouch
To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
Now crouch like a cur.
Crotch
To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.
Crouch
To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
Must I stand and crouchUnder your testy humor?
Crotch
(transitive) To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear.
Crouch
To sign with the cross; to bless.
Crotch
(transitive) To hit in the crotch (genital region).
Crouch
To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
She folded her arms across her chest,And crouched her head upon her breast.
Crotch
To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole).
Crouch
The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
Crotch
To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides.
Crouch
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down;
He crouched down
She bowed before the Queen
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Crotch
(transitive) To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of.
Crouch
Sit on one's heels;
In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
Crotch
The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.
Crotch
A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; - called also crane and crutch.
Crotch
In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below.
Crotch
To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to; as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots.
Crotch
To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs in hauling.
Crotch
The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
Crotch
External sex organ
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Brewery vs. BarNext Comparison
Octave vs. Semitone