crouchy

comparative crouchier · superlative crouchiest

1. Tending to crouch; hunched over.

   They run very low, all crouchy, and so do panthers, which was a surprise to me.

   1919, Outing, volumes 73-74, page 11

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   ...not a street of "show" poverty, to impress strangers, just as there is "show" iniquity, but of the real poverty, of snag-toothed, crouchy, hungry, gnarl-bodied people who step aside on the crowded walks...

   1913, Robert Shackleton, Unvisited Places of Old Europe, page 104

   So then all of sudden he starts doing that crouchy thing, you know, when he looks like a lion on the hunt.

   2005, Jenny Lee, What Wendell Wants: Or, How to Tell if You're Obsessed with Your Dog, page 102

1. A nickname for somebody with the surname Crouch.

   Crouchy, don't go any further until I see the boss.

   2011, Christopher J. Holcroft, Finding Thomas

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   "Crouch. It was Crouch who realized it." "Okay. So then what? After Moncrieff dies, Crouchy says to the kid — what?"

   2004, Andrew Klavan, Dynamite Road, page 175

   Crouch suffered a badly broken nose during last Saturday's 4-0 win over Sheffield United. He's fit to play against United tomorrow, but is clearly uncomfortable with the knock. "Crouchy is training and obviously wants to play in both these games," explained Benitez.

   2007 March 2, Chris Bascombe, “Crouch goes for broke”, in Liverpool Echo

   During that year our fitness co-ordinator was Robert Crouch. Crouchy had been running the Adelaide University gym for years and was to be a massive support to me later on, when I broke my leg in Sri Lanka in 1999.

   2010, Jason Gillespie, Dizzy: The Jason Gillespie Story

   What you doing 'ere, Crouchy? This house belongs to my family and you ain't welcome.

   2012, Kimberley Chambers, The Schemer