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What (who) is hunker - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hunker (disambiguation)
hunker
¦ verb
1. squat or crouch down low.
2. (hunker down) apply oneself seriously to a task.
Origin
C18: prob. related to Ger. hocken.
Hunker
·noun Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.
hunker
(hunkers, hunkering, hunkered)
• hunker down
1.
If you hunker down, you bend your knees so that you are in a low position, balancing on your feet. (AM)
Betty hunkered down on the floor...
He ended up hunkering down beside her.
= squat
PHRASAL VERB: V P on n, V P beside n
2.
If you say that someone hunkers down, you mean that they are trying to avoid doing things that will make them noticed or put them in danger. (AM)
Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and let the fuss die down.
= lie low
PHRASAL VERB: V P
Wikipedia
Hunker
Hunker may refer to:
- Hunker, Pennsylvania, United States; a borough
- 19788 Hunker, a main-belt asteroid
- Jeffrey Hunker (1957-2013), an American cybersecurity expert and writer
- Hunkers, a faction of the Democratic Party in New York, United States during the mid-19th century
- Hunkering
Examples of use of hunker
1. It is best for Israel to hunker down. cohenr@washpost.com
2. We hunker down in the dark with our M&Ms and popcorn and orange squash.
3. Men in shalwar kameez with dyed beards and casually slung guns hunker on the crumbling ramparts.
4. During storms, police would "hunker down" in safe places around the city, he said.
5. We?re going to hunker down in the synagogue and hold on to each other.