Hunker (original) (raw)

Pronunciation (US):		(GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they hunker ... he / she / it hunkers

Past simple: hunkered

Past participle: hunkered

-ing form: hunkering

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sit on one's heels

Example:

The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm

Synonyms:

crouch; hunker; hunker down; scrunch; scrunch up; squat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hunker" is one way to...):

sit; sit down (be seated)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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