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