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crotch down

crotch down verb: to crouch.

Verb

crotch down (third-person singular simple present crotches down, present participle crotching down, simple past and past participle crotched down)

  1. To crouch.
    • He crotched down in the blocks to check for comfort before rising up out of them at half speed and trotting a few meters up the track.2009, Loon, 100 Meters, page 9
    • Carter grabbed the girl, just as she slid off the horse – everyone else crotched down and aimed their muskets at the trees.2017, Richard Smith, God Bless These Boys, page 69

Forms of crotch down

third-person singular presentcrotches down
present participlecrotching down
past participlecrotched down
pastcrotched down

Origin of crotch down

Probably originally an eggcorn for crouch down.

Questions about crotch down

What does crotch down mean?
Crotch down means to crouch.
What part of speech is crotch down?
Crotch down is a verb.
What is the past tense of crotch down?
The past tense of crotch down is crotched down.

Words near crotch down in the dictionary

  1. crotch chain
  2. crotch chains
  3. crotch crickets
  4. crotch critter
  5. crotch critters
  6. crotch down
  7. crotch dropping
  8. crotch droppings
  9. crotch dumpling
  10. crotch dumplings
  11. crotch fruit

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