Defenition of the word hunker

• Defenition of the word hunker

  • To lower one's body close to the ground by bending one's knees completely.
  • sit on one''s heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
  • sit on one's heels

Hypernyms for the word hunker

• • sit
  • sit down

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