"hunch over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hunches over [present, singular, third-person], hunching over [participle, present], hunched over [participle, past], hunched over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hunch over (third-person singular simple present hunches over, present participle hunching over, simple past and past participle hunched over)
  1. (informal) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-hunch_over-en-verb-0naiC0yy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. (informal, idiomatic, uncommon) To bend or stoop to issues that may not warrant such attention. Tags: idiomatic, informal, uncommon
    Sense id: en-hunch_over-en-verb-6IPBVufT

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hunched over",
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      "glosses": [
        "To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean."
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        ],
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          "curl",
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        ],
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ]
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        "(informal) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean."
      ],
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        "To bend or stoop to issues that may not warrant such attention."
      ],
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          "bend",
          "bend"
        ],
        [
          "stoop",
          "stoop"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "warrant",
          "warrant"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
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        "(informal, idiomatic, uncommon) To bend or stoop to issues that may not warrant such attention."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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      ]
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        "To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean."
      ],
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          "slouch",
          "slouch"
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          "stoop",
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          "curl",
          "curl"
        ],
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          "lean",
          "lean"
        ]
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        "(informal) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean."
      ],
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        "informal"
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        "English terms with uncommon senses"
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        "To bend or stoop to issues that may not warrant such attention."
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          "bend",
          "bend"
        ],
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          "stoop",
          "stoop"
        ],
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          "issue",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "warrant",
          "warrant"
        ],
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          "attention",
          "attention"
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        "(informal, idiomatic, uncommon) To bend or stoop to issues that may not warrant such attention."
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