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HUNKERED DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hunkered down mean?
• HUNKERED DOWN (adjective)
The adjective HUNKERED DOWN has 1 sense:
1. squatting close to the ground
Familiarity information: HUNKERED DOWN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Squatting close to the ground
Synonyms:
crouched; crouching; huddled; hunkered; hunkered down
Context examples:
poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind / he stayed in the ditch hunkered down
Similar:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
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