hunker

(hŭng'kər)
intr.v., -kered, -ker·ing, -kers.

1. To squat close to the ground; crouch. Usually used with down: hunkered down to avoid the icy wind.
2. To take shelter, settle in, or hide out. Usually used with down: hunkered down in the cabin during the blizzard.
3. To hold stubbornly to a position. Usually used with down: "As the White House hunkered down, G.O.P. congressional unity started crumbling" (Time).

n. hunkers
The haunches.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse hokra, to crouch.]

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verb

1. To stoop low with the limbs pulled in close to the body. crouch, huddle, hunch, squat. See high/low.
2. To sit on one's heels. squat. See posture.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sætte sig på hug
n. - ende, bagdel, bagfjerding

idioms:

• hunker down    sætte sig på hug

Nederlands (Dutch)
hurken

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'accroupir
n. - hanches, derrière (d'un animal)

idioms:

• hunker down    s'accroupir

Deutsch (German)
v. - hocken
n. - Gesäß, Hinterbacken, %

idioms:

• hunker down    sich hinter etwas klemmen, sich hinkauern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάθομαι στις φτέρνες
n. - κάθισμα στις φτέρνες

idioms:

• hunker down    στρώνομαι σε δουλειά

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• hunker down    piegarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acocorar-se
n. - quadril (m)

idioms:

• hunker down    acocorar-se

Русский (Russian)
бедро, ляжка, ягодица, мракобес, сидеть на корточках

idioms:

• hunker down    приступить к чему-л., поселиться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - agacharse, acurrucarse
n. - cuclillas

idioms:

• hunker down    estar en cuclillas, agacharse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sitta nerhukad
n. - stockkonservativ

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蹲下, 守旧者

idioms:

• hunker down    蹲, 蹲坐

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 蹲下
n. - 守舊者

idioms:

• hunker down    蹲, 蹲坐

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 쭈그리고 앉다
n. - 궁둥이

idioms:

• hunker down    쭈그리고 앉다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 保守主義者, 旧弊家, 臀部
v. - うずくまる

idioms:

• hunker down    しゃがみ込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) جلس القرفصاء (الاسم) جلسه القرفصاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮השתופף על עקביו‬
n. - ‮ברבים: אחוריים‬

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