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Definition crouch

Etymology 1

From Middle English crouchen, crucchen, crouken (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *kr?kaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch kr?ken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

Verb

crouch (third-person singular simple present crouches, present participle crouching, simple past and past participle crouched)

1. (intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
2. (intransitive) To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
3. (intransitive) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

Noun

crouch (plural crouches)

1. A bent or stooped position.

Etymology 2

From Middle English crouche, cruche, from Old English cr?? (“cross”). Compare Old Saxon kr?ci (“cross”), Old High German chr?zi (“cross”).

Noun

crouch (plural crouches)

1. (obsolete) A cross.

Verb

crouch (third-person singular simple present crouches, present participle crouching, simple past and past participle crouched)

1. (obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.

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