Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - crouch

(crouches, crouching, crouched) If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly. We were crouching in the bushes... The man was crouched behind the Mercedes. = squat VERB: V prep/adv, V-ed • Crouch is also a noun. They walked in a crouch, each bent over close to the ground. N-SING • Crouch down means the same as crouch. He crouched down and reached under the mattress... He crouched down beside him. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P prep/adv