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hunkers (down)

verb

Definition of hunkers (down)

present tense third-person singular of hunker (down)

as in crouches

to lie low with the limbs close to the body had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate

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Johansen, sporting an all-black outfit, crouches down next to him and sweetly rests her head on his shoulder.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026

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