Meanings
comparative haunchier · superlative haunchiest
- With a pronounced motion of the haunch.
She walked out of the room with a haunchy slouch, […]
1999, Annie Proulx, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, page 2182 more examples
Like many shortish men he lifted his heels when he walked; he had a haunchy, oily swagger, and Scarsdale watched him go.
1932, Warwick Deeping, Old Wine and NewButterfield, a recessed soloist no more, leads them powerfully with his own singing and playing and with his physical presence, swaying before the drummer, doing a haunchy strut during a rhythmic solo […]
1968, New York Magazine, volume 1, number 32, page 50
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