crouchy
/kɹaʊ.t͡ʃi/
crouchy adjective: tending to crouch; hunched over.
Adjective
crouchy (comparative crouchier, superlative crouchiest)
- Tending to crouch; hunched over.
- ...not a street of "show" poverty, to impress strangers, just as there is "show" iniquity, but of the real poverty, of snag-toothed, crouchy, hungry, gnarl-bodied people who step aside on the crowded walks...1913, Robert Shackleton, Unvisited Places of Old Europe, page 104
- They run very low, all crouchy, and so do panthers, which was a surprise to me.1919, Outing, volumes 73-74, page 11
Proper noun capitalized: Crouchy
Crouchy
- A nickname for somebody with the surname Crouch.
- "Crouch. It was Crouch who realized it."
"Okay. So then what? After Moncrieff dies, Crouchy says to the kid — what?"2004, Andrew Klavan, Dynamite Road, page 175 - Crouch suffered a badly broken nose during last Saturday's 4-0 win over Sheffield United.
He's fit to play against United tomorrow, but is clearly uncomfortable with the knock.
"Crouchy is training and obviously wants to play in both these games," explained Benitez.2007 March 2, Chris Bascombe, “Crouch goes for broke”, in Liverpool Echo
- "Crouch. It was Crouch who realized it."
Forms of crouchy
| comparative | crouchier |
|---|---|
| superlative | crouchiest |
Origin of crouchy
From crouch + -y.
From Crouch + -y.
Words that rhyme with crouchy
Questions about crouchy
- What does crouchy mean?
- Crouchy means tending to crouch; hunched over.
- What part of speech is crouchy?
- Crouchy can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce crouchy?
- Crouchy is pronounced /kɹaʊ.t͡ʃi/.
Words near crouchy in the dictionary
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