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Is the word hunkered a noun?

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Anonymous

∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No, the word 'hunkered' is the past participle, past tense of the verb 'to hunker'; to squat or crouch down low. The past participle of the verb is also an adjective (the hunkered soldiers).

The noun form is hunkers (a synonym for haunches) and the gerund, hunkering.

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∙ 14y ago

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