Hunker

//ˈhʌŋkə//

Synonyms for "hunker" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Verb(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Verb(2 words)

Related words (4)

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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related to

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Translations

18 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • приклякам verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 蹲下 verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Czech

2 entries
  • dřepnout si verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)
  • sednout si na bobek verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kyykistyä verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)
  • kyykkiä verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

French

1 entries
  • s'accroupir verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

German

3 entries
  • ducken verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)
  • hocken verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)
  • kauern verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Japanese

1 entries
  • しゃがむ verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Polish

1 entries
  • kucać verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ficar de cócoras verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Russian

1 entries
  • сиде́ть на ко́рточках verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Spanish

2 entries
  • acurrucarse verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)
  • encuclillarse verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • присі́сти на ноги verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)
  • сі́сти навпо́чіпки verb (To crouch, squat or lie down)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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I'm ready to hunker down for the evening.

Source: tatoeba (10094099)

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