1
: a pole with a forked end used especially as a prop
2
: an angle formed by the parting of two legs, branches, or members
Examples of crotch in a Sentence
the crotch of the pants
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At the start of the interview, Hartley recounted his famous scene with Hahn, 52, from 2017's A Bad Moms Christmas, in which Hahn's character, Carla, waxes his character's crotch.
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
And then another word for crotch was gusset and that helped my search.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
The zippered crotch is a small but genius detail that shouldn’t go unnoticed.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
And then another word for crotch was gusset and that helped my search.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
The zippered crotch is a small but genius detail that shouldn’t go unnoticed.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crotch
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“Crotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crotch. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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crotch
noun
: an angle formed by the spreading apart of two legs or branches or of a limb from its trunk
Medical Definition
crotch
noun
: an angle formed by the parting of two legs, branches, or members
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