crotch down

present singular third person crotches down · participle present crotching down · participle past crotched down · past crotched down

1. To crouch.

   He was now crotched down on his knees, diligently digging at a plant, a trowel now in his hand.

   2019, Mary Kay Abbott, Heartache and Hope

   2 more examples

   He crotched down in the blocks to check for comfort before rising up out of them at half speed and trotting a few meters up the track.

   2009, Loon, 100 Meters, page 9

   Carter grabbed the girl, just as she slid off the horse – everyone else crotched down and aimed their muskets at the trees.

   2017, Richard Smith, God Bless These Boys, page 69