crouching

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of crouch

noun

1. The action of the verb crouch.

   “[…] so this gathering of rabbits in the dark, beginning with hesitant approaches, silences, pauses, movements, crouchings side by side and all manner of tentative appraisals, slowly moved, like a hemisphere of the world into summer, to a warmer, brighter region of mutual liking and approval, until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear.”

adj

1. That crouches or crouch.

   “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”