1.
[syn: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hunch \Hunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hunching.]
1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust
suddenly.
[1913 Webster]
2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the
back. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hunched \hunched\ adj.
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; -- of
people.
Syn: round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping,
crooked.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hunched
adj 1: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a
little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched,
round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped,
stooping, crooked]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "hunched":
arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike, concave,
convex, embowed, gibbose, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, humpy,
hunchy, oxbow, vaulted