"hunker" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-hunker.ogg
Rhymes: -ʏŋkər Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} hunker
  1. inflection of hunkeren:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: hunkeren
    Sense id: en-hunker-nl-verb-LCuYlSq- Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 33 3 5 3 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 2 5 1 23 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12
  2. inflection of hunkeren:
    (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: hunkeren
    Sense id: en-hunker-nl-verb-pk2H3PQX Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 33 3 5 3 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 2 5 1 23 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12
  3. inflection of hunkeren:
    imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: hunkeren
    Sense id: en-hunker-nl-verb-6kZcKsnb Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhʌŋkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhʌŋkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-hunker.ogg Forms: hunkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} hunker (plural hunkers)
  1. (dated) A political conservative. Tags: dated Derived forms: hunkerous Related terms: hunkers
    Sense id: en-hunker-en-noun-otMJXBHy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhʌŋkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhʌŋkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-hunker.ogg Forms: hunkers [present, singular, third-person], hunkering [participle, present], hunkered [participle, past], hunkered [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: Originally Scottish. Origin uncertain, but probably of Germanic origin, perhaps *hunk- a nasalised variant of *huk- (compare Scots hoonk, hounk, variants of huk, hok (“to squat, crouch”); Scots hocker (“to crouch down, hunker”)), all of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse huka (“to crouch”), from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of high). Probable cognates include Old Norse húka, Dutch huiken, and German hocken. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{cog|sco|hoonk}} Scots hoonk, {{cog|sco|hocker|t=to crouch down, hunker}} Scots hocker (“to crouch down, hunker”), {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|non|huka|t=to crouch}} Old Norse huka (“to crouch”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hūkan-|t=to squat}} Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kuk-néh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂ Head templates: {{en-verb}} hunker (third-person singular simple present hunkers, present participle hunkering, simple past and past participle hunkered)
  1. (intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down Tags: intransitive Synonyms (crouch, squat or lie): crouch, squat, lie Translations (To crouch, squat or lie down): приклякам (prikljakam) (Bulgarian), 蹲下 (dūnxià) (Chinese Mandarin), kyykistyä (Finnish), kyykkiä (Finnish), s’accroupir (French), hocken (German), ducken (German), kauern (German), しゃがむ (shagamu) (Japanese), kucać (Polish), ficar de cócoras (Portuguese), сиде́ть на ко́рточках (sidétʹ na kórtočkax) [imperfective] (Russian), encuclillarse (Spanish), acurrucarse (Spanish), присі́сти на ноги (prysísty na nohy) (Ukrainian), сі́сти навпо́чіпки (sísty navpóčipky) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-hunker-en-verb-h5K2mAhg Disambiguation of 'crouch, squat or lie': 89 11 Disambiguation of 'To crouch, squat or lie down': 94 6
  2. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hunker-en-verb-xmLDF5bK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 5 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 33 3 5 3 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 2 5 1 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hunkers, hunker down
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "prikljakam",
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          "word": "kauern"
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          "word": "ficar de cócoras"
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          "roman": "sidétʹ na kórtočkax",
          "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
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          "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
          "word": "encuclillarse"
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          "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
          "word": "присі́сти на ноги"
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          "roman": "sísty navpóčipky",
          "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
          "word": "сі́сти навпо́чіпки"
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        "(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task"
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        "To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down"
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        "(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task"
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      "word": "приклякам"
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "蹲下"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "kyykistyä"
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
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      "word": "s’accroupir"
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "ducken"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "kauern"
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "しゃがむ"
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "ficar de cócoras"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "encuclillarse"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "acurrucarse"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "prysísty na nohy",
      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "присі́сти на ноги"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "sísty navpóčipky",
      "sense": "To crouch, squat or lie down",
      "word": "сі́сти навпо́чіпки"
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        "A political conservative."
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