Crotchet, n. Whim, freak, quirk, quirk, vagary, whimsey, fancy, caprice, maggot in the brain.
Crotchety, a. Whimsical, fantastic, fantastical, odd, queer, fanciful, capricious, humorsome, wayward, fitful, freakish.
Crouch, v. n.
- 1. Couch, squat, lie flat, stoop low, lie close to the ground.
- 2. Cower, cringe, fawn, truckle.
Croup, n.
- 1. Rump (especially of a horse), buttocks, crupper.
- 2. (Med.) Cynanche (trachealis).
Crow, v. n. Boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, swagger, vapor, triumph, gasconade, chuckle, exult.
Crowd, n.
- 1. Throng, multitude, concourse, host, herd, horde.
- 2. Rabble, mob, populace, vulgar herd, lower classes, lower orders, common people, ignobile vulgus,
profanum vulgus.
Crowd, v. a.
- 1. Fill by compression, fill to excess.
- 2. Compress, cram, press, press together.
- 3. Throng about, press upon.
Crowd, v. n.
- 1. Swarm, flock together, be numerous, come thick.
- 2. Press forward, make one’s way, elbow one’s way.
Crown, n.
- 1. Diadem.