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crotch

[ kroch ]

noun

  1. a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.
  2. the part of a pair of trousers, panties, or the like, formed by the joining of the two legs.
  3. a piece of material serving to form a juncture between the legs of trousers, panties, etc.
  4. a forked piece, part, support, etc., as a staff with a forked top.
  5. Billiards.
    1. an area 4½ inches (11.4 centimeters) square at each corner of a billiard table.
    2. the situation in which both balls to be struck by the cue ball are within this area.
  6. Nautical. crutch ( def 6 ).
  7. the area of a tree at which a main branch joins the trunk.
  8. the wood from such an area; crotchwood.


crotch

/ krɒtʃ /

noun

  1. Also called (Brit)crutch
    1. the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
    2. the human external genitals or the genital area
    3. the corresponding part of a pair of trousers, pants, etc
  2. a forked region formed by the junction of two members
  3. a forked pole or stick


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Derived Forms

  • crotched, adjective

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Other Words From

  • crotched [krocht], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crotch1

First recorded in 1530–40; variant of crutch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crotch1

C16: probably variant of crutch

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Example Sentences

Batali himself made sexually explicit comments to a female server, and grabbed her hand, pulling it toward his crotch, according to the attorney general.

The inner folds of the “fly” felt very secure, and I never worried my crotch was going to be on display when I was hiking to a hot spring, hanging in a harness, and getting groceries in town.

Combined with the brand’s signature crotch gusset, it frees up movement to a degree you won’t find in other jeans.

Others described the anxiety they’ve experienced while being watched and the creepiness they felt when showing the camera the space on top and below their desk — what one researcher said amounted to “a crotch shot, basically.”

“You have to do a crotch shot, basically,” said Jason Kelley, associate director of research at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy group based in San Francisco.

Or how kicking a reaction-less eunuch in the crotch over and over again is comedy.

There is no way to really justify the constant (clothed) closeups of her crotch and breasts.

Did Charlie Crist break the rules by having a fan blowing on his crotch during the Florida guberntorial debate?

Bosnich also claims DeMaio "grabbed my crotch" while the two sat in the candidate's car.

It lands with mischievous accuracy, mottling the crotch of my jeans.

The crotch of the elm-tree which it occupied was about twelve feet from the ground.

At the very top was a crotch, formed by two dead limbs, and into the crotch the crows dropped the center of the line.

Phil then drew it up into the tree and placed it securely in a crotch in one of the branches.

Nest is made of plant down, very compactly built, usually in a crotch.

He is a very musical man, an intimate and long attached friend of Dr. Crotch.

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