hunker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hunker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hunker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunker v sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" Synonym(s): squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hunker \Hun"ker\, n. Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hunker, PA (borough, FIPS 36288) Location: 40.20403 N, 79.61530 W Population (1990): 328 (133 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15639