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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hun•ker /ˈhʌŋkɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object* ~ + down]- to squat;
crouch:They hunkered down and drew diagrams on the sand. - to settle in for a length of time:The troops hunkered down to wait out the air raid. The dictator hunkered down in his bomb shelter and escaped the shelling.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hun•ker (hung′kər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to squat on one's heels (often fol. by down).
- Informal Terms
- to hunch:The driver hunkered over the steering wheel.
- to hide, hide out, or take shelter (usually fol. by down):The escaped convicts hunkered down in a cave in the mountains.
- to hold resolutely or stubbornly to a policy, opinion, etc., when confronted by criticism, opposition, or unfavorable circumstances (usually fol. by down):Though all the evidence was against him, he hunkered down and refused to admit his guilt.
- Slang Termsto lumber along;
walk or move slowly or aimlessly.
n. - hunkers, one's haunches.
- British Terms, British Terms on one's hunkers:
- [Brit. Informal.]squatting on one's heels.
- suffering a period of poverty, bad luck, or the like.
- 1710–20; apparently hunk (perh. nasalized variant of huck haunch; akin to Old Norse hūka to crouch) + -er6
- American Historya member of the conservative faction in the Democratic party in New York State, 1845–48. Cf. Barnburner.
- origin, originally uncertain 1835–45, American.
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