Crouch
Slide
Slide verb - To move slowly with the body close to the ground.
Usage example: the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork
Common collocations
| amount | crouch amount | slide amount |
Both words in one sentence
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Crash from Crash Bandicoot has three types of jump: normal, double and crouch/slide jump.
Source: Jump Physics -
But still... Being reduced to a skeleton is not as much of a handicap anymore thanks to the update, which gave them the ability to crouch and slide, meaning the only general action they don't have access to is jump kicks... but then again, Charlotte and Yoko don't have them either.
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Introduced in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash in can slide attack by pressing the crouch button during a run.
Source: Slide Attack
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Slide and Crouch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crouch/slide
Crouch & Slide. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crouch/slide>.
Slide or Crouch. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crouch/slide.
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