Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To squat close to the ground; crouch. Usually used with down:
- intransitive verb To take shelter, settle in, or hide out. Usually used with down:
- intransitive verb To hold stubbornly to a position. Usually used with down:
- noun The haunches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stoop with the body resting upon the calves of the legs; squat.
- noun In American politics, a conservative; one who opposes innovation or change; a fogy: first applied in the State of New York as a name to the conservative section of the Democratic party who opposed the Barnburners or radical section, about 1845. Also used adjectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Political Cant, U.S. Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
crouch orsquat close to theground . - noun dated A
political conservative .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sit on one's heels
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The entire country, it seems, is in hunker-down mode.
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You didn't use the word hunker and I'm very proud of you.
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How many times did the soon ex-gov. of alaska say "hunker" in her resignation/moving forward speech? too many thats for sure. a person of power (or those wishing to be) should stick to words that are actually IN the dictionary.
Eight months after Election Day, Franken reaches Capitol Hill 2009
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I heard the word "hunker" = squat on your haunches (I think Richard Boone used that in a movie somewhere).
Fads of the Fifties The Nag 2009
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It would be apathetic to kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
Archive 2009-07-01 News from Mad Plato 2009
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
READING BETWEEN THE HONKING COOKINESS AND CASUISTRY News from Mad Plato 2009
mdoar commented on the word hunker
One of Lizzie's favourites.
January 2, 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word hunker
JM squats down and applies himself assiduously to defining the good word 'hunker'
February 1, 2009