crouch

Meaning

1. To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
2. To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.
3. A bent or stooped position.
4. A cross.
5. To sign with the cross; bless.
6. A surname.
7. A ghost town in California.
8. A city and town in Idaho.
9. A short tidal river in Essex, England.

Etymology / origin

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

Related words

Descendant words

• Kräiz(Luxembourgish) (cog)

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