1. Take a low static position with bent knees, esp. to hide, be underneath something or be nearer the ground
   "crouch down to hide behind the low wall";
   - crouch down, scooch

1. The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
   "The tiger's crouch preceded its powerful leap"

Derived forms: crouched, crouching, crouches

Type of: bending

Encyclopedia: Crouch, Richard