hunched

4 definitions found

hunched - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hunched \hunched\ adj.
     having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; -- of
     people.
  
     Syn: round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping,
          crooked.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  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]

hunched - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hunched
      adj 1: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a
             little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched,
             round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped,
             stooping, crooked]

hunched - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

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