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Crotch

noun
/kɹɒtʃ/
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.nounThe area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
"There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree."
2.nounThe ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
"Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain."
3.nounEither the male or female genitalia.
"He cringed at being kicked in the crotch."
4.nounIn the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
5.nounThe 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".
6.verbTo provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
"to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots"
7.verb(logging, western US) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.

Synonyms

genitalsprivatesgenitaliaprivate partsgenital organforkbuttarselegthightesticleball

Rhymes With

watchnotchclochebotchdeathwatchhopscotchtchotchkebutterscotch
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