- hunkers, on your
- Everyday English Slang in Irelandn crouching down (squatting)
English dialects glossary. 2013.
hunkers, on your
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Hunkers — Hun kers, n. pl. [See {Hunker}.] In the phrase on one s hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position; haunches. [Scot. & Local, U. S.] Sit on your hunkers and pray for the bridge. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hunkers — noun on your hunkers sitting on your heels with your knees bent up in front of you: The little boy was squatting on his hunkers, completely absorbed in his game … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
on your hunkers — on your ˈhunkers idiom sitting on your heels with your knees bent up in front of you Main entry: ↑hunkersidiom … Useful english dictionary
hunker down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hunker down, you bend your knees so that you are in a low position, balancing on your feet. [AM] [V P on n] Betty hunkered down on the floor... [V P beside n] He ended up hunkering down beside her. Syn: squat 2) PHRASAL… … English dictionary
hunker down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms hunker down : present tense I/you/we/they hunker down he/she/it hunkers down present participle hunkering down past tense hunkered down past participle hunkered down 1) mainly American to sit close to the… … English dictionary
Hunkerin' — is a posture, whereby one squats on the balls of one s feet for a long time, that is common in different cultures and briefly became an American fad in the late 1950s.Hunkerin (also known as Hunkering ) had been in use in different cultures,… … Wikipedia
