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   crouch

   /kraʊtʃ/

   verb

   • 1. adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself: "we crouched down in the trench"

   noun

   • 1. a crouching stance or posture: "he dropped into a defensive crouch"

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps from Old French crochir ‘be bent’, from croche (see crotch).

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

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