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crotch hair

crotch hair

8.4
Hair that grows in the area between the legs and the lower belly
  • noun
  • /krɒtʃ hɛr/
  • Informal
translation icon : vello púbico
  • After the summer season, many people decided to shave their crotch hair for better hygiene.

Examples

  • When he noticed the grooming issue, he quickly trimmed the crotch hair to feel more comfortable.

  • I lay on my back and felt my stomach between the hipbones, ran my hands over the loose skin, and pushed my fingers into the crotch hair.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • He realized that maintaining the crotch hair is important for personal grooming.

Synonyms

bush
vscrotch hair
  • Offensive
35 9.9

Hair that grows around a person's private parts

is a neutral term naming that hair by its position on the body base
pubic hair
vscrotch hair
29 4.2

Hair that grows around the private parts during the teenage years

is the same hair named for location at the base of the torso

How Much Hair

bush
  • Offensive
35 9.9
crotch hair
  • Informal
8.4
hairlessness
1 5.6

Surface Forms

crotch hair singular
crotch hairs plural

Morphology

crotch + hair

The compound is directly compositional: 'crotch' names the junction of the inner thighs/lower trunk and 'hair' denotes filamentous growth, so a learner who knows both words can infer 'hair in the crotch/pubic area.' This follows a regular noun+noun compounding pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, making it accessible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Crotch hair: The phrase crotch hair names the hair that grows where your legs meet your body. The word crotch points to that spot and hair is the body hair, so the phrase means hair in the 'pubic area'.