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hunkers (down)

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Definition of hunkers (down)

present tense third-person singular of hunker (down)

as in crouches

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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The child folds over and crouches on the ground while the performance continues for several seconds.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Sometimes a less reliable dog will smell in this manner the hot body scent of venison as a trembling doe crouches close in the brush upwind.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026

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