Thesaurus results for CROUCH

crouch

verb

ˈkrau̇ch

Definition of crouch

as in to huddle

to lie low with the limbs close to the body the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk

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Recent Examples of crouch Spreading her clawed toes against the floor of the nest, Snaggletooth crouches and pounces at the fly. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026 Beanie took them in her mouth and carried them one by one up the ramp to where Lyndon Johnson crouched in a tunnel. — Madeline Ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 Photographed by Werner, the shoe’s campaign is shot inside a minimal studio with people, leaning, sprawling or crouching, with the aim to build a small world around the shoe. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 Printed, cut out, and taped low along a gallery baseboard, these quotes are hard to read without crouching. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crouch

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Verb

Najera, Iverson and Martin were on the floor together, and Iverson huddled them to plead for intensity.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026
And soon Simmons found himself behind the bench, with a mass of Bears fans huddled near midfield in seats that the Seahawks faithful had vacated.

— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of huddle

Verb

The pair hunched over a laptop, studying the intricacies of Miller’s approach to shutting off the baseline on defense.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Families can share experiences instead of hunching over devices, skills can be honed, big business can streamline development.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of hunch

Verb

The group has had community trapping parties and is even starting an app to locate these squatting rodents.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Half were male in aura, squatting with their long lenses and beckoning confidence, always ready to pontificate, and the other half were female, a demure box into which a slide could be slipped, bringing the room to life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Oct. 2026

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