Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - hunker
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Hunker
hunker
(hunkers, hunkering, hunkered) • hunker down 1. If you hunker down, you bend your knees so that you are in a low position, balancing on your feet. (AM) Betty hunkered down on the floor... He ended up hunkering down beside her. = squat PHRASAL VERB: V P on n, V P beside n 2. If you say that someone hunkers down, you mean that they are trying to avoid doing things that will make them noticed or put them in danger. (AM) Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and let the fuss die down. = lie low PHRASAL VERB: V P
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1.
intransitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: probably akin to Middle Dutch hucken, huken to squat, Middle Low German hoken to squat, peddle, Old Norse huka to squat Date: 1720 1. crouch, squat — usually used with down 2. to settle in or dig in for a sustained period — used with down ~ down for a good long wait — New Yorker ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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noun; amer. 1) hist. прозвище консервативного члена демократической партии 2) ретроград 3) attr. старомодный ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v AmE to sit on your heels with your knees bent up in front of you; squat + down (They hunkered down by the fire.) hunker down phr v T often passive) ~ AmE to work hard to completely prepare yourself for a difficult situation ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1720, Scottish, probably from O.N. huka "to crouch," hoka, hokra "to crawl." Hunker down, Southern U.S. dialectal phrase, popularized c.1965, from northern British hunker "haunch." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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