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hunker

/ˈhʌŋ.kə/

/ˈhʌŋ.kɚ/

hunkerverb

hunkered

Past Simple

hunkered

Past Participle

hunkering

Gerund

/ˈhʌŋ.kə/

/ˈhʌŋ.kɚ/

Translations

сидеть на корточках

The children hunkered down behind the bushes to hide.

Дети сели на корточки за кустами, чтобы спрятаться.

засесть

We decided to hunker down and wait for the storm to pass.

Мы решили засесть и подождать, пока буря пройдет.

Additional translations

затаиться

Definitions

To squat or crouch down low.

The children hunkered down behind the bushes to hide from their friends during the game.

To settle in or dig in for a sustained period.

As the storm approached, the family decided to hunker down in their basement until it passed.

To concentrate seriously on a task; to apply oneself with sustained effort (usually with down).

I’ll need to hunker down and finish this report tonight.

Synonyms

hunkernoun

hunkers

/ˈhʌŋ.kə/

/ˈhʌŋ.kɚ/

Dialectal (chiefly Scottish/Irish, usually plural) ‘haunches’; also historical U.S. politics ‘a conservative person’.

Definitions

(chiefly plural) The haunches or the position of squatting on the heels.

She lowered herself onto her hunkers to examine the seedlings.

(historical, chiefly US) A politically or socially conservative person; a supporter of maintaining the status quo.

The hunkers in the legislature opposed every progressive measure proposed.

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