From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely:
- From [en] , variant of [enm] ; compare [en] .
- From [en] , variant of [enm] .
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
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*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the leg s fork from the torso , in the area of the genitals and anus .
2. * [en]
3. [en] Either the male or female genitalia .
4. The area where something fork s or branch es: where a ramification takes place.
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
8. [en] The open counter ( negative space ) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle , potentially above a vertex , as in the letters " V " and " Y ".
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|crotchal|crotchdropping|crotchful|crotchless|crotchline|crotchling|snap
crotch |crotch goblin|crotch spawn|crotch area|crotch seam|split crotch|finger
crotch|could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck|crotch chain|crotch
critter|crotch down|crotch dropping|crotch dumpling|crotch fruit|crotch
rocket|crotch rot|crotch tent|crotch-dropping|drop crotch|drop-crotch|fire
crotch|fire-crotch|lightning crotch|swamp crotch|snap crotch|crotch crickets}}
**** Translations
[area where something forks]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] [tree]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da] , [da] [fork in a road]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] [tree]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[area of a person’s body]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Classical Nahuatl: [nci]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr]
- Wolof: [wo]
- Yámana: [yag]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Yucatec Maya: [yua]
- Yup'ik: [esu]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zhuang: [za]
- Zulu: [zu]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
2. [en] To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dog s that will haul it.
3. [en] To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear .
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7. [en] To hit in the crotch (genital region).
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11. [en] To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole).
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15. [en] To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides.
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19. [en] To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of.
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