haunchy

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UK/hɔːn(t)ʃi/US/hɔn(t)ʃi/US/hɑn(t)ʃi/

adjective

With a pronounced motion of the haunch.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivehaunchy (comparative haunchier, superlative haunchiest)

comparative haunchier · superlative haunchiest

  1. 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 218
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    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 New

    Butterfield, 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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APA

haunchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haunchy

MLA

“haunchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haunchy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haunchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haunchy.

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