crouch

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  • Noun:
    the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
  • Verb:
    bend one's back forward from the waist on down
    sit on one's heels

Word Origin

crouch
crouch: see crook
crouch (v.)
late 14c., probably from Old French crochir "become bent, crooked," from croche "hook" (see crochet). Related: Crouched; crouching. As a noun, from 1590s.

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