Associations to the word «Hunker»

Wiktionary

HUNKER, verb. (intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground.
HUNKER, noun. (dated) A political conservative.
HUNKER DOWN, verb. (idiomatic) To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.
HUNKER DOWN, verb. (idiomatic) To stubbornly hold to a position.

Dictionary definition

HUNKER, verb. Sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin