hunched
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/hʌntʃt/
English
Definitions
verb
- To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.“Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.”
- To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).“He hunched up his shoulders and stared down at the ground.”
- To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
- To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
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Synonyms
elbownudgeleanslouchstoopcrookedround-backedround-shoulderedstoopedstoopingunerectreturnedslouchedcrouchedhunch overhunkeredhunchbackedslouching