crotch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French croche (“‘shepherd's crook’”)

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• Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

[edit] Noun

crotch (plural crotches)

1. The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.

   There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.

2. The (ventral) area of a person’s body where the legs fork from the trunk

   Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.

3. (slang, euphemism) The male genitalia.

   He cringed at being kicked in the crotch.

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[edit] Verb

crotch (transitive)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (literally) To hit or impact (someone) in the crotch.
2. (figuratively) To deal a painful, nasty blow, hurt, affect badly