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🦯 A crutch user 🦯 To help walk
to crutcher

to crutcher

1 9.9
To help someone walk by holding or giving them a crutch
  • verb
  • /ˈkrʌtʃər/
  • US
: ayudar con muletas
  • Volunteers were needed to crutcher patients from the ambulance to the clinic entrance.

Examples

  • The nurse will crutcher him to the bench while the doctor examines the wound.

  • After his injury, friends would often crutcher him across the hallway at school.

  • He crutched his way to the store.

  • Can you crutch him to the meeting?

  • The nurse will crutcher the injured man to the stretcher to ensure he is comfortable.

  • After his surgery, friends would often crutcher him to the cafeteria for lunch.

  • The therapist will crutcher her patient during their rehabilitation sessions.

Antonyms

to abandon
607 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

How Supportive

to carry
∞ 1.0
to support
73 1.0
to crutcher
  • US
1 9.9
to steady
66 3.4

Surface Forms

crutcher infinitive
crutched past
crutched past participle
crutching present participle
crutches third person singular

Etymology

Crutcher as a verb comes from the simple word crutch and means to support someone with a crutch. So to crutcher someone is to help them walk by using or giving them a crutch.