Hunching

/ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of hunch form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"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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