crotch

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
2. (euphemistic, slang) Either the male or female genitalia.
3. The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.
4. In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
5. The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
2. (US, Western, historical, transitive) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.
3. (transitive) To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear.
4. (transitive) To hit in the crotch (genital region).
5. (transitive) To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole).
6. (transitive) To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides.
7. (transitive) To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of.

Sinónimos

groin

fork

gore

gusset

crutch

🩼

bifurcation

armpit

genitals

privates

lap

genital organ

genitalia

thigh

private parts

joint

perineum

pit

pitchfork

prong

root

short steps

arm

torch

base

billabong

branch

butterfly

🦋

cave

cavity

crook

crotchet

dilemma

forking

genital

hole

🕳️

hollow

Traducións

Zwickel

entrejambe

entrepierna

fourche

virilha

καβάλος

entrepiernas

Leiste

ingle

inguine

bifurcação

διχάλα

aine

interno coscia

Gabelung

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/kɹɑt͡ʃ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: croche

In summary

Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely:
* From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook.
* From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”).