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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. sit on one's heels;
- Example: "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
- Example: "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
[syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hunker \Hun"ker\, n.
   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.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hunker
    v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
         while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
         themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
         scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]