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Synonyms for hunker
ˈhʌŋ kərhun·ker
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Princeton's WordNet
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker downverb
sit on one's heels
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
Synonyms:
crump, scrunch up, crisp, bow, crease, stoop, crinkle, hunker down, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, squat, crouch, wrinkle
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hunkernoun
Synonyms:
[U. S.] conservative, fogy
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#6335 | bow | |
#6506 | bend | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#20390 | wrinkle | |
#26161 | crouch | |
#27478 | squat | |
#29367 | crease | |
#45397 | thud | |
#47721 | stoop | |
#50404 | crump | |
#65224 | crinkle | |
#106852 | hunker | |
#154932 | scrunch | |
#304166 | ruckle |
How to use hunker in a sentence?
If somebody with infinite knowledge could tell us( when) this is going to be over if you just hunker down and you socially distance... if people knew, they would have a greater ability to hold on.
The southern and northern extremes of the trail are the areas where The Laundrie family attorney really can just hunker down and get lost out there.
We have throughout this storm encouraged our residents to stay off the streets, and for the most part they have heeded that, they prepared to hunker down, and they did.
I've got to hunker down for three months, this speech has definitely inspired me to hit the send button on the application.
These are restrictions that the Islamic State could use to its advantage, if we are telling the Islamic State upfront that we will not use ground forces, will they not tailor their strategy around that fact? If we advertise when the authorization expires at an arbitrary date ... will they not hunker down and wait for that date?
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