hunch over

Meanings

verbhunch over (third-person singular simple present hunches over, present participle hunching over, simple past and past participle hunched over)

present singular third person hunches over · participle present hunching over · participle past hunched over · past hunched over

informalTo slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
idiomaticinformaluncommonTo bend or stoop to issues that may not warrant such attention.

verbround one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

Similar

hunch humphunch forward

Broader

change posture

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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