crouch
noun/kraʊtʃ/
/kraʊtʃ/
[singular]- a crouching position
- She dropped to a crouch.
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from Old French crochir ‘be bent’, from croche ‘crozier, shepherd's crook’, based on Old Norse krókr ‘hook’.Want to learn more?
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