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HUNCH OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hunch over mean?
• HUNCH OVER (verb)
The verb HUNCH OVER has 1 sense:
1. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
Familiarity information: HUNCH OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
hump; hunch; hunch forward; hunch over
Hypernyms (to "hunch over" is one way to...):
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
"Hunch over" entails doing...:
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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