different between crotch vs crotched

English

Etymology

From Middle English crotche, croche (also in unassilibated form croke, "a shepherd's crook"), from Old French croche (“shepherd's crook”); merged with Middle English cruche, crucche (“a crutch”). More at crook, crutch.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

crotch (plural crotches)

1. The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.

2. The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

3. (slang, euphemistic) Either the male or female genitalia.

4. (billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
5. (typography) The 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".

Derived terms

• crotch area
• crotch seam
• split crotch
• finger crotch

Translations

Verb

crotch (third-person singular simple present crotches, present participle crotching, simple past and past participle crotched)

1. (transitive) To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.

2. (transitive, logging, historical, Western US) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.

English

Etymology

crotch +? -ed

Adjective

crotched (comparative more crotched, superlative most crotched)

1. Having a crotch or fork; forked.
2. (billiards) Lying within one of the crotches on the table.
3. (Britain, dialect) cross; peevish

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Verb

crotched

1. simple past tense and past participle of crotch