Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The angle or region of the angle formed by the junction of two parts or members, such as two legs or branches.
- noun The area on a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts that is between the legs.
- noun The piece of material used to construct this area of an item of clothing.
- noun The fork of a pole or other support.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In logging, to cut notches on opposite sides of (a log) near the end, into which dogs are fastened.
- noun A fork or forking; a point or line of divergence or parting, as of two legs or branches: as, the crotch of a tree (the point of separation of the main stem into two parts); a piece of timber with a crotch.
- noun A shepherd's crook.
- noun Nautical, same as
crutch , 3 . - noun In billiards, a space, generally 4½ inches square, at a corner of the table.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
- transitive verb (Logging), Western, U. S. To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs in hauling.
- noun The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides.
- noun (Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also
crane andcrutch . - noun (Billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See
Crotched , below.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
area where somethingforks orbranches , aramification takes place. - noun The (
ventral ) area of a person’s body where thelegs fork from thetrunk - noun slang, euphemistic Either the male or female
genitalia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- noun external sex organ
- noun the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hoodathunk (sponsored by Scroomall Health Corp) says: bizzarrobrain, kicking a Republican in the crotch is about as effective as taking a 2X4 to their head.
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Hoodathunk (sponsored by Scroomall Health Corp) says: bizzarrobrain, kicking a Republican in the crotch is about as effective as taking a 2X4 to their head.
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Most of the hair on his crotch is also what we call "laid"
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I also believe that affairs happen every single day between people who revere monogamy -- it's just that they get kidnapped by what I call the crotch directive.
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From the main crotch diverged the four main branches of the tree.
CHAPTER I 2010
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Why do people still find humor in crotch gags and pratfalls?
'Old Dogs' advertising makes me shrug in a clichéd way | EW.com 2009
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The best example of the disturbing nature of Samurai Harem is how the fan service specializes in crotch shots.
Tokyopop Chibis: Maria Holic, Samurai Harem, Zone-00, Momogumi Plus Senki » Manga Worth Reading 2009
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Next Up: Pleated pants and why a puffy crotch is not a good thing.
Slimbo's Fashion Tips: Repeat Offenders Slimbolala 2006
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We get it Lindsay ... your crotch is not on fire ... but it's also not pretty.
Weekend WTF: Sartorial Edition kittenpie 2006
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Sticking your wallet in the front pocket or crotch is an old Mexican trick, but in the very unusual case where you might encounter ladrones they'll know that, so I like the decoy wallet in the back pocket angle.
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