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hunker

/ˈhʌŋ.kə/

/ˈhʌŋ.kɚ/

Traductions

hunkerverb

hunkered

Präteritum

hunkered

Partizip Perfekt

hunkering

Gerundium

/ˈhʌŋ.kə/

/ˈhʌŋ.kɚ/

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.

Traductions supplémentaires

Synonymes

hunkernoun

hunkers

Pl.

/ˈhʌŋ.kə/

/ˈhʌŋ.kɚ/

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

Synonymes

Définitions

hunkerverb

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.

hunkernoun

(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.