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 Finally, the day arrived, and my friend Kelly Curtis and then-girlfriend Nancy Wilson were crouched behind the camera with Amy. Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025 Right then, crouched on the floor of MacDowell’s Cheney studio, Luise discovered a whole new way of working. Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 Cora was crouched next to the oven when Sam found her. Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 In a video shared by media agency Nashville Experience on Instagram, Urban crouched down to ask a fan her name while interacting with the crowd, but was caught off guard by her response. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crouch
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Verb
  • Longtime residents can’t forget his iconic image of flamingos huddling in the bathroom for safety against monstrous Hurricane Andrew in August 1992.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Senate Republicans huddled on Friday afternoon after Schumer’s floor speech but seemed to see no immediate path forward.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • His hands were cragged and bent from arthritis and years hunched over a keyboard.
    Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Sean Grayson, 31, sat in the courtroom hunched in his chair and appeared to plug his ears during the part of the video that included audio of shots being fired at Massey.
    Selina Guevara, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The husband stood numbly by, watching Qing Yuan complete the form, then shuffled out to squat against the wall to smoke.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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