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hunker
(encz) | hunker,dřepnout si v: en hunker down Nijel |
Hunker
(gcide) | Hunker \Hun"ker\, n.
Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative
section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one
opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant,
U.S.]
[1913 Webster] |
hunker
(wn) | hunker
v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down] |
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hunker down
(encz) | hunker down,dřepnout si Zdeněk Brožhunker down,připravit se [id.] na start, práci, úsilí Michal Ambrož |
hunkered
(encz) | hunkered, adj: |
hunkered down
(encz) | hunkered down,schoulený adj: pruduskahunkered down,schovaný adj: pruduska |
Hunker
(gcide) | Hunker \Hun"ker\, n.
Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative
section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one
opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant,
U.S.]
[1913 Webster] |
Hunker down
(gcide) | Hunker down \Hun"ker down\, v.
1. to crouch or squat; to sit on one's haunches.
[PJC]
2. to settle in at a location for an extended period; -- also
(figuratively) to maintain a position and resist yielding
to some pressure, as of public opinion.
[PJC]
3. to take shelter, literally or figuratively; to assume a
defensive position to resist difficulties. "We hunkered
down to ride out the storm in an abandoned cabin."
[PJC]
While many businessmen were hunkering down for
another bust after the lean years of the Second
World War and the Great Depression before it, Taylor
and company correctly reckoned it was the dawn of an
era of prosperity and growth. --Richard
Siklos [Shades
of Black,
1995]
[PJC] |
Hunkerism
(gcide) | Hunkerism \Hun"ker*ism\, n.
Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress. [Political
Cant, U.S.]
[1913 Webster] |
Hunkers
(gcide) | Hunkers \Hun"kers\, n. pl. [See Hunker.]
In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching
position; haunches. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]
Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge.
--Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
hunker down
(wn) | hunker down
v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
2: take shelter; "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a
small hut"
3: hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and
the husband's resistance began to break down" |
chunker
(foldoc) | chunker
dechunker
split
A program like Unix's "split" which breaks an
input file into parts, usually of a pre-set size, e.g. the
maximum size that can fit on a floppy. The parts can then
be assembled with a dechunker, which is usually just the
chunker in a different mode.
(1998-12-15)
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dechunker
(foldoc) | chunker
dechunker
split
A program like Unix's "split" which breaks an
input file into parts, usually of a pre-set size, e.g. the
maximum size that can fit on a floppy. The parts can then
be assembled with a dechunker, which is usually just the
chunker in a different mode.
(1998-12-15)
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