hunching

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/ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/

noun

The motion by which something is hunched.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hunch
nounhunching (plural hunchings)

plural hunchings

  1. The motion by which something is hunched.

    […] this little stunted creature, with his hoarse voice and nervous gestures and grotesque delivery, his snarls, his leers, his hunchings of the shoulders, his contortions of the limbs […]

    1864, George Augustus Sala, John Camden Hotten, Robson: A Sketch

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hunching

punchingcrunchinglunching
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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