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hunch

 
/hʌntʃ/ v [I/T] (BEND)

Definition

to lean forward with your shoulders raised or to bend your back and shoulders into a rounded shape: [I] We gathered in a circle and hunched over the fire to get warm.
(Definition of hunch v (BEND) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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