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Hunched   /həntʃt/   Listen
verb
Hunch  v. t.  (past & past part. hunched; pres. part. hunching)  
1.
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
2.
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.


adjective
hunched  adj.  Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; of people.
Synonyms: round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked.





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"Hunched" Quotes from Famous Books



... off this time, Grif." Instead of raising his head, Blake hunched over still lower. He went on in a dreary monotone, "No, I'm done for this trip—down for the ...
— Out of the Primitive • Robert Ames Bennet
... gasping for breath. It amazed him that Teutoberg could endure so much punishment. His arm must be broken and he was terribly battered, yet here he came staggering back for more. Winford now hunched down and, like a crouching animal, advanced slowly toward his enemy. Suddenly he started a right almost from the deck straight for Teutoberg's chin. It connected. Teutoberg was lifted clear of the deck and hurled unconscious against the side of ...
— The Space Rover • Edwin K. Sloat
... greatly to-day. The miles sped swiftly under her feet. Always there were creatures to notice or laugh at,—a squirrel performing on a branch, a squawking Canada Jay surprised and utterly baffled by their tall forms, a porcupine hunched into a spiny ball and pretending a ferociousness that deceived not even such hairbrained folk as the chipmunks in the tree roots, or those queens of stupidity, the fool hens on the branch. In the ...
— The Sky Line of Spruce • Edison Marshall
... hunched his shoulders and displayed white teeth happily. "I'm a pushover," he said. "Here I come. I like ...
— The Planet Strappers • Raymond Zinke Gallun
... the kitchen, meanwhile, Fairy sat somberly beside the table with a pile of darning which she jabbed at viciously with the needle. Lark was perched on the ice chest, but Carol, true to her childish instincts, hunched on the floor with her feet curled beneath her. Connie leaned against the table within ...
— Prudence Says So • Ethel Hueston


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