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HUNKER
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
(verb) sit on oneās heels; āIn some cultures, the women give birth while squattingā; āThe children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstormā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
hunker (third-person singular simple present hunkers, present participle hunkering, simple past and past participle hunkered)
(intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task
Synonyms
• (crouch, squat or lie): crouch, squat, lie
Etymology 2
Noun
hunker (plural hunkers)
(dated) A political conservative.
Anagrams
• Ruhnke
Source: Wiktionary
Hun"ker, n.
Definition: 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. [Political Cant, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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