Definition of Hunkering

1. Verb. (present participle of hunker) ¹

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Definition of Hunkering

1. hunker [v] - See also: hunker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunkering

hungrily
hungriness
hungrinesses
hungry
hungry(p)
hungry as a hog
hungry ghost
hungry ghosts
hunh
hunk of junk
hunker
hunker down
hunkered
hunkered down
hunkering (current term)
hunkerism
hunkers
hunkey
hunkeys
hunkier
hunkies
hunkiest
hunkily
hunkiness
hunkish
hunks
hunkses
hunky
hunky-dory

Literary usage of Hunkering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1899)
"... hunkering ;" cf. Sc. «(?•)•, to " hunker," currie, a stool, Eng. cower. It also means a "fledgling" (Arg.). ..."

2. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Loading ocean-going vessels. Bulk storage. Stock pile—The stock pile a bulk warehouse. Stock pile foundations. Shi|> hunkering. ..."

3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... but with the opening of the Suez Canal it regained more than its old importance and is now a great oil hunkering and coaling station anJ port of call, ..."

4. The Bookman (1895)
"The chiefs gather for palaver (or whatever they are pleased to call hunkering- and-blethering out there), and they tell the Tale-teller of heads taken and ..."

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