Synonyms for hunker
ˈhʌŋ kərhun·ker

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1. squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker downverb

   sit on one's heels

   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

   Synonyms:
   crump, scrunch up, crisp, bow, crease, stoop, crinkle, hunker down, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, squat, crouch, wrinkle

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1. hunkernoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] conservative, fogy

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How to use hunker in a sentence?

1. Deborah Birx:

   The president wanted everyone to know where this virus is so that people would be aware if they were gonna travel to that area, that that area had a very significant amount of COVID-19 or the coronavirus, and so its really to make Americans aware about traveling to New York, but also make it clear to the people who are in that area to protect them selves following the guidelines, to really stay home and really hunker down, stay at home and really follow the washing of your hands and not touching your face.

2. Collin Arnold:

   August 29 is an important date in history here, a lot of people remember what happened 16 years ago. It's time to hunker down tonight and be where you need to be.

3. Mayor Muriel Bowser:

   It has life and death implications, and (people) should treat it that way, people should hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roads.

4. Ryan Gieselman:

   We're lucky enough to live in the center of Dauphin Island, so it's not hopefully gon na be too bad for us, i hope it really just misses us and we can go on with the rest of our summer and enjoy it, but if it hits us, just be prepared and be ready to hunker down.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing.