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How to pronounce crouch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bend, bow, stoop
Type of bend, flex
Has types squinch, cower, huddle


he crouched down.
Type Words
Synonyms hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat
Type of sit, sit down
Type Words
Type of bending

Examples of crouch

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Crouch left Equity Bank two years ago and served as sales manager of Prudential.
From the kansas.com
Instantly, I drop into a crouch against the wall, glancing around for a shooter.
From the sfgate.com
Today, there are more people than chairs and those without crouch against walls.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
They crouch in the mud, forming layers of concentric circles around the officer.
From the time.com
Crouch said it ranked among the four or five most memorable plays of his career.
From the omaha.com
It is not unusual for an Asian politician to find himself in a defensive crouch.
From the time.com
Crouch down a bit and you can gaze directly into her astonishingly soulful eyes.
From the time.com
The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
From the jobview.monster.com
Crouch, when he put his finger in the eye of another player, looked bad as well.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
  • The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
  • Squat: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
  • Crouch is a family name.
  • (The Crouches) The Crouches is a black sitcom which aired on BBC1 between 2003 and 2005. The show stars Rudolph Walker, who played Robbie Gee's (Roly) father, and Mona Hammond, who played Jo's (Natalie) mother. Also other main casts were Robbie Gee and Jo Martin. ...
  • A cross; To sign with the cross; bless
  • A two-foot skating move in which the skater's legs are both bent at least 90-degree's.
  • A small village in Kent and the name of a river in Essex. Either of these are a possible source of JKR's use of this surname in her novels.
  • There are two basic positions in Tae kwon do, crouch and mobile. The crouch position tries to limit the target area the other combatant has as a potential target.