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Definition of Hunker
1. Verb. Sit on one's heels. "There hunker some children in the rocking chair"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
Generic synonyms: Sit, Sit Down
Derivative terms: Squat, Squat, Squatting
Definition of Hunker
1. n. 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.
Definition of Hunker
1. Verb. (intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) A political conservative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hunker
1. to squat [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: squat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunker
Literary usage of Hunker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Issue: Or, The Three Presidential Candidates; Being a Brief by Oliver Cromwell Gardiner (1848)
"4 Origin of the terms hunker and Barnburner—causes of the late division in the
party— position of Silas Wright, AC Flagg and others—the election of James K. ..."
2. Report on Gold Values in the Klondike High Level Gravels by Richard George McConnell (1907)
"The generally inferior average grade of the hunker Creek hill gravels as ...
Upper hunker Creek Hill Gravels. The White Channel gravels are first met with ..."
3. A History of the United States Navy from 1775 to 1902 by Edgar Stanton Maclay (1902)
"For some time the gunboat Annapolis, Commander John Jacob hunker, ... On the
morning of July 15th Commander hunker ran in and anchored on the east side of ..."
4. The Harp of Perthshire: A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and Other Poetical by Robert Ford (1893)
"By love to man, an' a' that's guid, Be honest, true, and brave : What's line or
lineage, birth or bluid, We'll hunker doon to nane— By throbbing pulse o' ..."
5. Memoirs of a Great Detective: Incidents in the Life of John Wilson Murray by John Wilson Murray (1905)
"XVIII APROPOS OF hunker CHISHOLM WHEN Murray arrived in Toronto his ... His name
was Chisholm, George Chis- holm, called by some of his friends, hunker. ..."
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