crouching

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -aʊtʃɪŋ

Verb

crouching

  1. present participle and gerund of crouch

Noun

crouching (plural crouchings)

  1. The action of the verb crouch.
    • 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down:
      […] so this gathering of rabbits in the dark, beginning with hesitant approaches, silences, pauses, movements, crouchings side by side and all manner of tentative appraisals, slowly moved, like a hemisphere of the world into summer, to a warmer, brighter region of mutual liking and approval, until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear.

Adjective

crouching

  1. That crouches or crouch.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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