crutch
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Is crutch a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of crutch?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber.
2. (nautical) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
3. (slang) An improvised device, usually made from a piece of cardboard, to hold the last end of a joint.slang
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To support on crutches; to prop up.Examples: "[I'll] haſten Og and Doeg to rehearſe, / Two Fools that Crutch their Feeble Senſe on Verſe; / Who by my Muſe to all ſucceeding times, / Shall live in ſpight of their own Dogrell Rhimes."transitive
2. (intransitive) To move on crutches.intransitive
3. (transitive) To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.Examples: "After learning how to crutch at 13, he could dag 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money."transitive
4. (transitive, in soap-making) to stir with a crutch.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary