hunching

present participle of hunch
as in crouching
to lie low with the limbs close to the body he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen

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Recent Examples of hunching Your back hurts from hunching over your laptop. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunching
crouching
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  • Video later showed a man climbing a staircase to a common area beside the building, scaling a wall and crouching on the rooftop.
    Stepheny Price , Alexandra Koch , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The study team investigated 54 crouching burials that had previously been found at 11 archaeological sites.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Hunching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunching. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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