Hunching
//ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ// noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The motion by which something is hunched.
"[…] this little stunted creature, with his hoarse voice and nervous gestures and grotesque delivery, his snarls, his leers, his hunchings of the shoulders, his contortions of the limbs […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of hunch form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Hunching over a computer screen or cellphone compresses the neck muscles, which causes fatigue, muscle tension and headaches, and can injure vertebrae."
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