| VERB | contact | hunker, squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker down | sit on one's heels |
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| Sounds | hhah'ngker | |
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| Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... | |
| Meaning | Sit on one's heels. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" | |
| Synonyms | squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker down | |
| Broader | sit, sit down | Be seated |
| Spanish | acuclillarse, acurrucarse, agacharse, agachar, ponerse de cuclillas | |
| Catalan | aclofar-se, acotxar-se, ajupir-se, arraulir-se, arrupir-se, posar-se a la gatzoneta | |
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