crotch.
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
Meaning & usage
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.
Either the male or female genitalia.
He cringed at being kicked in the crotch.
The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.
There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.
In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".
Where this word comes from
Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely: * From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook. * From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”).
To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots
To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.
To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear.
To hit in the crotch (genital region).
To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole).
To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides.
To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of.
Where this word comes from
Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely: * From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook. * From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”).
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