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crouching

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crouch/kraʊtʃ/

▶verb adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down. ▶noun a crouching stance or posture.

– origin ME: perh. from OFr. crochir ‘be bent’, from croche (see crotch).

'crouching' also found in these Oxford entries:

crouch - skateboard

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