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Verb: hunker  húng-ku(r)
  1. Sit on one's heels
    "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
    - squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker down

Derived forms: hunkering, hunkers, hunkered

Type of: sit, sit down

Encyclopedia: Hunker Hunker, PA Hunker, Pennsylvania