crouch
to stoop or bend low.
to bend close to the ground, as an animal preparing to spring or shrinking with fear.
to bow or stoop servilely; cringe.
to bend low.
the act of crouching.
Origin of crouch
1Other words from crouch
- croucher, noun
- crouch·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby crouch
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How to use crouch in a sentence
He was practicing holding his body in a crouch, with his arms straight out behind, before jumping skis-and-all into the air.
U.S. Ski Jumping Is Looking For More Friends In High Places | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 18, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightHe bends down into the crouch that raisin farmers assume when they are about to examine their crop.
Deneen believes that conservatism is in a “defensive crouch” — and has been so “since its rise in the 20th century.”
It moves in a half crouch, dragging one knee along the ground.
It’s the first time reinforcement learning has been used to teach a two-legged robot how to walk from scratch, including the ability to walk in a crouch and while carrying an unexpected load.
Forget Boston Dynamics. This robot taught itself to walk | Will Douglas Heaven | April 8, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Eyes red and prison muscles bulging, a tattooed white man behind me jumped to his feet from a crouch and swatted me aside.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane | Caitlin Dickson | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats can't slink away, or crouch, or cut and run against their own record.
Don dropped the skillet, jumped into a crouch, went for his gun.
There was barely room to crouch, let alone lie down and sleep.
Immigrants Held in Border Deep Freezers | Rachael Bale, The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMalheiro says that whoever claimed crouch confirmed the cases of Krokodil “got her statements wrong.”
Now it seemed to crouch as though ready to spring, and I could hear the savage growling as of some beast of prey.
Uncanny Tales | VariousI straightened out of my crouch, forced myself not to reveal what I had just seen.
She continued to crouch on the steps, holding her breath and stiffening herself into complete immobility.
Summer | Edith WhartonHe raised his saber in salute—the only fencing-movement he'd become proficient in—and jumped into a crouch.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim LangSo there she sat, ready to crouch down into her hiding-place, if she heard a noise from her enemy.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match | Francis C. Woodworth
British Dictionary definitions for crouch
/ (kraʊtʃ) /
(intr) to bend low with the limbs pulled up close together, esp (of an animal) in readiness to pounce
(intr) to cringe, as in humility or fear
(tr) to bend (parts of the body), as in humility or fear
the act of stooping or bending
Origin of crouch
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