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to hunker
01
to squat down low, or sit on one's haunches in a relaxed or stable position
Intransitive: to hunker
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
hunker
3rd person singular
hunkers
Past simple
hunkered
Past participle
hunkered
Examples
The children hunkered down in the grass to observe the tiny insects crawling beneath them.
