Hunker (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object)
  1. to crouch or squat on one's heels: He hunkered to be at eye level with his dog.I can’t hunker with this bad knee.
    • to hunch: The driver hunkered over the steering wheel.
    • to hide, hide out, or take shelter, often for just a few hours or less, as from a pursuer or a storm: The escaped convicts hunkered in a cave in the mountains.
    • to settle in to the safety of one’s home or other designated shelter for a potentially prolonged time, as would be necessitated by a natural disaster or an outbreak of a contagious disease: Many local residents hunkered in the basement of the fire station.
  3. to lumber along; walk or move slowly or aimlessly: A small black bear was seen hunkering through the neighborhood.
noun
  1. one's haunches.
Verb Phrases
  1. See entry at hunker down.
Idioms
  1. on one's hunkers,
    • squatting on one's heels.
    • suffering a period of poverty, bad luck, or the like.
noun
  1. a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
verb
  1. to squat; crouch
Hunker (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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