crotch down

English

Etymology

Probably originally an eggcorn for crouch down.

Verb

crotch down (third-person singular simple present crotches down, present participle crotching down, simple past and past participle crotched down)

1. To crouch.
   • 2009, Loon, 100 Meters, page 9:

     He crotched down in the blocks to check for comfort before rising up out of them at half speed and trotting a few meters up the track.

   • 2017, Richard Smith, God Bless These Boys, page 69:

     Carter grabbed the girl, just as she slid off the horse – everyone else crotched down and aimed their muskets at the trees.

   • 2019, Mary Kay Abbott, Heartache and Hope:

     He was now crotched down on his knees, diligently digging at a plant, a trowel now in his hand.