Hunker

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  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To crouch or squat close to the ground.
  • noun. A political conservative.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. sit on one's heels
    • Word Usage
    "The entire country, it seems, is in hunker-down mode."
    cross-reference
    hunkers  
    Form
    hunker down  hunkers  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sit  sit down  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dunker  Junker  bunker  clunker  dunker  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    conservative  crouch  fogy  squat  
    verb-form
    hunkers  
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