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    [Plural noun]  | "hun*kers" | \ ˈhəŋ-kərz \


    1: haunches


    Origin: 1756 ;

    [Verb]  | "hun*ker" | \ ˈhəŋ-kər \


    1: crouch, squat —usually used with down

    2: to settle in or dig in for a sustained period —used with down


    Origin: 1720 ;

     Probably akin to Middle Dutch hucken, huken to squat, Middle Low German hōken to squat, peddle, Old Norse hūka to squat;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "hunker down" 


    1: to lower the body to the ground by bending the legs

    2: to stay in a place for a period of time

    [Plural noun]  | "hunkers" 


    1: the part of the body upon which someone sits;


      * e.g., " ... the tree had a stout branch, and I found the boy perched there on his hunkers "



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    [Verb]  | "hunker (down)" 


    1: to lie low with the limbs close to the body;


      * e.g., " ... had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate "



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     [ "Hunker" ]

    1: To settle down in a area for a long period of time. Usually consisting of drinking and eating.

      * e.g.,  ... Steve: do you guys want to hunker down at the beach sunday? 

     [ "hunkering" ]

    1: You "sit" down and make a stupid face.

      * e.g.,  ... Some dude: What you doing? 

     [ "hunker" ]

    1: the act of leaving crack in a public place for the client to discretely find.

      * e.g.,  ...  Man i hunkered your crack in the public library. 

     [ "Hunker" ]

    1: my hunker....my hunkie hunk hunker....

      * e.g.,  ... Hey hunker....i love you 

     [ "hunker" ]

    1: wen a drug deala hides crack in a popular area fo the junkie to get and use

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, man, i saw a dealer hunkering in Central Park let's go get the stuff.  

     [ "hunker down" ]

    1: Hunker Down game is a game played at hurricane parties. You watch the weather report and everytime the weatherman or news guy says "hunker down" you take a shot. By the time the electricity is out, you don't even care any more.

      * e.g.,  ... During Hurricane Ike, i got so smashed playing Hunker Down that I missed the storm! 

     [ "hunker" ]

    1: someone who settles at a bar mumbling (if any talking) drinking, smoking, and hardly moving.

      * e.g.,  ... that guy has been hunkering before happy hour... it's almost last call. 

     [ "hunker down" ]

    1: a phrase used very commonly by radio announcers as hurricanes pass by. it basically means "hang in there" or "be strong."

      * e.g.,  ... Another hurricane's coming toward Florida, so it's time for us to hunker down. 

     [ "hunker down" ]

    1: To get down to work on what you have to do.

      * e.g.,  ... I got turn off the TV and hunker down and get this homework done. 

     [ "Hunker down" ]

    1: To squat in an aggressively sexual position

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, Mary really did hunker down on those jacuzzi jets! 

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