hunker (down)

Definition of hunker (down)next
as in to crouch
to lie low with the limbs close to the body had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate

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Verb
  • Ten minutes before the start of Daniel Radcliffe’s one-man show on Broadway, Every Brilliant Thing, the actor is crouched in the aisle.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The 6-foot-3 Blackmon is crouching down to greet Mabel, who stood about 4-foot-7.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
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  • But everyone else stripped down to their bathing suits, huddling in the heated confines of a womb-like space.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But his wife’s family lives in Beit Shemesh, where a direct hit Sunday killed nine people huddled in a bomb shelter — the largest single death toll of any strike since Iran’s counterattack began.
    Matt Bradley, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Hunker (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunker%20%28down%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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