Crutch

What do we mean by crutch?

A support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking, having a vertical shaft that is sometimes forked, a horizontal grip for the hand, and a crosspiece that is positioned under the armpit or a cuff that wraps around the forearm. noun

Something on which one depends, often excessively. noun

A forked support or part. noun

A forked leg rest on a sidesaddle. noun

The crotch of a person or animal. noun

To move using a crutch or crutches. intransitive verb

To support on a crutch or crutches. intransitive verb

To support on crutches; prop or sustain.

In soap-making, to stir forcibly with a crutch. See crutch, n., 3 .

A cross. See cross. noun

In leather manufacturing, to work with a crutch.

A support for the lame in walking, consisting of a staff of the proper length, with a crosspiece at one end so shaped as to fit easily under the armpit. The upper part of the staff is now commonly divided lengthwise into two parts, separated by an inserted piece used as a handle. noun

Hence Figuratively, old age. noun

Any fixture or mechanical device resembling a crutch or the head of a crutch. noun

A rack: as, a bacon-crutch. noun

A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking. noun

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider. noun

A knee, or piece of knee timber. noun

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop

A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

A knee, or piece of knee timber.

A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.

A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back.

Words that are spelled similarly to crutch:
crutch, clutch, crunch, crotch, krutch, grutch, cutch, cratch, cruth, critch, croutch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word crutch:
ptosis, crutches, forearm, paralysis, peaks, nerve, stick, cane, mobility, mapping, shuttle, walk, leg, bulgarian, sword, walking, legs, arm, weapon, injured, tim, user, injury, frame, eye, afterwards, foot, attacked, device, pair, ring, ends, aid.

Words that rhyme with crutch:
touch, such, clutch, much, dutch, hutch, ruche, scutch, as such, slutch, scritch, buch, grutch, nonesuch, double dutch, mutch, kutch, smutch, kuch, buche, bruch, cutch, strich, zuche, too much, get in touch, soft touch, so much, rabbit hutch, ruch, light touch, very much, pennsylvania dutch, tuch, huch, duch, schlich, friction clutch, common touch, south african dutch, sense of touch, slip friction clutch, slip clutch, cone friction clutch, a bit much, cone clutch, futch, disk clutch, zuch, airtouch, butsch, dusch, fs which, how-much, kutsch, mutsch, sutch, szuch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe crutch:
little, left, right, psychological, wooden, emotional, single, makeshift, temporary, old, mental, active, second, broken, poor, convenient, useful, permanent, bad, crude, rude, short, canadian, unnecessary, better, necessary, homemade, weak, intellectual, mere, spiritual, lined, financial, ischiatic, uplifted, adjustable, rough, handy, red, shaped, nice, clumsy, indispensable, made, sturdy, familiar, opposite, lame, helpful, useless, artificial, holy, underarm, axillary, visual, striped, comfortable, psychic, wonderful, padded, verbal, fallen, magic, dangerous, perineal, tiny, valuable, lifeless.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective crutch:
walking, stick, tips, palsy, heads, balance, glasses, sticks, walk, bar, snap, selection, movements, head, users, cane.

Consonant match to crutch:
crotch, crouch, cratch, creech, crache, croche, creach, krach, kretsch, krych.

Words that sound like crutch:
crutch, krutch, cruche, crich, courage, crush, crotch, crouch, creech, cratch, krush, creach, caroche, krach, crache, grutch, creche, cresh, crish, crash, crunch, cra, chron, crus, curran, curren, caren, cutch, kuch, kutch, crull, cruck, kra, cuch, krull, crutched, crutcher, kruk, croche, crous, crut, kran, krul, gretsch, curragh, krus, croise, cruk, krage, crile, curra, gritch, krut, quraysh, cruc, krausz, chra, kriege, kuril, kurus, kutsche, grudge, grouch, grush, grucche, chris, caress, crys, cris, crit, cret, crick, cress, kitch, kitsch, criss, ketch, chriss, cres, caret, crill, crin, kress, krell, crel, kich, cric, curette, cren, chrys, kren, creque, kiche, kresse, krenn, cril, crell, krech, crev, crec.