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Definition of Crotch
1. Noun. The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches. "He climbed into the crotch of a tree"
2. Noun. The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk.
Group relationships: Body, Organic Structure, Physical Structure
Generic synonyms: Angle
3. Noun. External sex organ.
Generic synonyms: Reproductive Organ, Sex Organ
Specialized synonyms: Pudendum, Fanny, Female Genital Organ, Female Genitalia, Female Genitals, Family Jewels, Male Genital Organ, Male Genitalia, Male Genitals
Definition of Crotch
1. n. The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.
2. n. In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below.
3. v. t. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to; as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots.
Definition of Crotch
1. Noun. The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place. ¹
2. Noun. The (ventral) area of a person’s body where the legs fork from the trunk ¹
3. Noun. (slang euphemistic) Either the male or female genitalia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crotch
1. an angle formed by two diverging parts [n -ES] : CROTCHED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotch
Literary usage of Crotch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1883)
"13; crotch, loe. cit. p. 80. laterali* Say, Journ. Acad. iii, p. 431. ... 252;
crotch, loc. cit. p. 82. C. Lecontei Baly, loe. ci L p. 252. ..."
2. A Musical Biography: Or, Sketches of the Lives and Writings of Eminent by John R. Parker (1825)
"crotch- Dr crotch, the subject of the present memoir, was born at Norwich, ...
About Christmas, 1776, when Master crotch was only a year and a half old, ..."
3. A Field Manual for Railroad Engineers by James C. Nagle (1917)
"For instance, the theoretical number of crotch-frog for a number 8 main frog is,
by (256) or (257), N1 = 5.66, and we should be compelled to use a number ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"crotch, Mua. Doc. Professor of Music in the University of Oxford, ... Dr.
crotch lays down a very luminous and satisfactory plan for beginners in the art, ..."
5. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"crotch canker, for example, beeches in shady positions and on poor soil, ...
Opposed to the theory, which Hartig represents, that crotch canker is ..."
6. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Francis Allen (1908)
"Given g, R. Required, the angle of crotch frog, C. The frog angle at C ...
Given the number of crossing frog = n^ Required the number of crotch frog = nc. ..."
7. The Georgian Era: Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, who Have Flourished by ---- Clarke (1834)
"WILLIAM crotch was born at Norwich, on the 5th of July, 1775. ... I first heard
little crotch," say Daines Barrington, " on the 10th of December, 1778, ..."
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