hunkers

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noun

The haunches.

“Philip Larkin, Toads For something sufficiently toad-like / Squats in me, too; / Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck, / And cold as snow, […]”

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of hunker
noun
  1. pluralplural of hunker
  2. The haunches.

    Philip Larkin, Toads For something sufficiently toad-like / Squats in me, too; / Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck, / And cold as snow, […]

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Kushner
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APA

hunkers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunkers

MLA

“hunkers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunkers. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hunkers,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunkers.

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