crotch

American  

[kroch] / krɒtʃ /

noun

1. a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.

2. the part of a pair of trousers, panties, or the like, formed by the joining of the two legs.

3. a piece of material serving to form a juncture between the legs of trousers, panties, etc.

4. a forked piece, part, support, etc., as a staff with a forked top.

5. Billiards.

   1. an area 4½ inches (11.4 centimeters) square at each corner of a billiard table.

   2. the situation in which both balls to be struck by the cue ball are within this area.

6. Nautical. crutch.

7. the area of a tree at which a main branch joins the trunk.

8. the wood from such an area; crotchwood.

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crotch British  

/ krɒtʃ /

noun

1. Also called (Brit): crutch. 

   1. the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

   2. the human external genitals or the genital area

   3. the corresponding part of a pair of trousers, pants, etc

2. a forked region formed by the junction of two members

3. a forked pole or stick

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Other Word Forms

• crotched
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of crotch

First recorded in 1530–40; variant of crutch

Example Sentences

Scarlet Blake, 25, of Crotch Crescent, previously known as Alice Wang, was charged with the offence on Saturday.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2023

As any obeah-minded Bahamian could have predicted, this precaution worked; the ghost, one Richard Crotch in life, worked silently and invisibly to bring the necessary luck.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other was a good sale at Weatherbee & Crotch, which, by this time, I had probably missed.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

From the accounts he had received from Mr Crotch of that young gentleman’s talents, he believed that he could allow the matter to rest securely in his hands.

From Won from the Waves by Greene, John B.

W. Wynne Ryland, the engraver, lived in this house before Dr. Crotch inhabited it.

From A Walk from London to Fulham by Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William)