Hunched

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hunched \hunched\ adj.
     having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; -- of
     people.
  
     Syn: round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping,
          crooked.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hunch \Hunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Hunching}.]
     1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust
        suddenly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the
        back. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hunched
       adj : having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little
             oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: {round-backed},
             {round-shouldered}, {stooped}, {stooping}, {crooked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "hunched":
     arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike, concave,
     convex, embowed, gibbose, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, humpy,
     hunchy, oxbow, vaulted