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hunker

['hʌŋkə]

  1. сущ.; амер.

    1. ист. прозвище консервативного члена Демократической партии

    2. ретроград, противник нововведений

    1. сущ.; разг.

      бедро, ляжка; ягодица

    2. гл.; амер.; обычно hunker down

      1. сидеть на корточках

      2. притаиться, засесть (в безопасном месте), лечь на дно, окопаться

Examples from texts

Ghost, he saw, was hunkering beside him, and that was a strange thing, that a ghost should hunker.
Дух согнулся, и было странно, что он мог согнуться.
Simak, Clifford D. / The Fellowship of the TalismanСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Братство Талисмана
Братство Талисмана
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak
© Перевод. К. Королев, 2005
The Fellowship of the Talisman
Simak, Clifford D.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak
In Mr. Hunker we have a chemist - he was a chemist before the movie picture claimed him as its master
В лице мистера Ханкера мы имеем химика – то есть он был химиком до того, как кинопромышленность провозгласила его своим королем.
Wells, Herbert George / Men Like GodsУэллс, Герберт / Люди как боги
Люди как боги
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Men Like Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© 1922 and 1923 by H. G. Wells
"Somebody of importance," said Mr. Hunker.
– Надо только, чтобы это была какая-нибудь важная персона, – сказал мистер Ханкер.
Wells, Herbert George / Men Like GodsУэллс, Герберт / Люди как боги
Люди как боги
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Men Like Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© 1922 and 1923 by H. G. Wells
"That's been keeping me awake nights," said Mr. Hunker.
– Эта мысль не дает мне уснуть по ночам, – пожаловался мистер Ханкер.
Wells, Herbert George / Men Like GodsУэллс, Герберт / Люди как боги
Люди как боги
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Men Like Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© 1922 and 1923 by H. G. Wells
While you others have been unpacking, Barralonga and Hunker and I have been seeing to that.
Пока вы все распаковывали чемоданы, Барралонг, Ханкер и я осмотрели ее.
Wells, Herbert George / Men Like GodsУэллс, Герберт / Люди как боги
Люди как боги
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Men Like Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© 1922 and 1923 by H. G. Wells
He made these explanations to Mr. Burleigh, Mr. Barnstaple, Lord Barralonga and Mr. Hunker.
Все эти объяснения он давал мистеру Берли, мистеру Барнстейплу, лорду Барралонгу и мистеру Ханкеру.
Wells, Herbert George / Men Like GodsУэллс, Герберт / Люди как боги
Люди как боги
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Men Like Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© 1922 and 1923 by H. G. Wells
"It's a tall proposition," said Mr. Hunker, who seemed to have had his mind already prepared for these suggestions,
– Предложение довольно смелое, – заметил мистер Ханкер, хотя чувствовалось, что в душе он уже подготовился к подобным планам.
Wells, Herbert George / Men Like GodsУэллс, Герберт / Люди как боги
Люди как боги
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Men Like Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© 1922 and 1923 by H. G. Wells
He retired to the dark angle of a wall that jutted out farther in the alley than the next adjoining wall and hunkered down to wait.
Фрост отошел в темный угол возле стены, сел на корточки и стал ждать.
Simak, Clifford D. / Why Call Them Back from HeavenСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Зачем их звать обратно с небес?
Зачем их звать обратно с небес?
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© Перевод. А. Левкин, 2005
© 1967 by Clifford D. Simak
Why Call Them Back from Heaven
Simak, Clifford D.
©, 1967, by Clifford D. Simak
Still, Dafydd hunkered down by the door and stayed apart from them until the servant returned with the extra cup and left again.
Дэффид все еще сидел на корточках у двери и оставался там, в стороне от них, пока слуга не принес еще одну кружку и не ушел снова.
Dickson, Gordon / Dragon at WarДиксон, Гордон / Дракон на войне
Дракон на войне
Диксон, Гордон
Dragon at War
Dickson, Gordon
Ralph hunkered down so he could look directly at Ed,
Ральф немного нагнулся, чтобы видеть глаза Эда.
King, Stephen / InsomniaКинг, Стивен / Бессонница
Бессонница
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1994
© Перевод. Т.Ю. Покидаева, 2003
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Insomnia
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1994
Patrick looked at her, then at Roland, who was squatted on his hunkers, looking at him.
Патрик посмотрел на нее, потом на Роланда, который сидел на корточках, не сводя с него глаз.
King, Stephen / The Dark tower 7: The Dark TowerКинг, Стивен / Темная башня 7: Темная башня
Темная башня 7: Темная башня
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 2004
© Перевод. В.А.Вебер, 2005
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2005
The Dark tower 7: The Dark Tower
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King
He held on, hunkering with an unlit match in each hand, now peering out through a tangle of interlaced branches.
Он ждал, зажав в пальцах каждой руки по незажженной спичке, вглядываясь сквозь переплетение веток.
King, Stephen / Wizard and GlassКинг, Стивен / Колдун и Кристалл
Колдун и Кристалл
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1997
© Перевод, В.А. Вебер, 1998
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Wizard and Glass
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1997, 2003
Behind them, craggy gray rock rose up, holding in its cracks and fissures low stalwart bushes, gnarled and hunkered low, as if against an enduring wind.
Сзади возвышалась отвесная скала серого цвета, в трещинах и расселинах которой росли стойкие невысокие кусты, кривые и почти стелящиеся по ее поверхности.
Goodkind, Terry / The pillars of creationГудкайнд, Терри / Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Гудкайнд, Терри
© Теrry Goodkind, 2001
© Перевод Н.Романецкий, 2003
© ООО "Издательство ACT", 2003
The pillars of creation
Goodkind, Terry
© 2001 by Теrry Goodkind
"Go on, Susannah." He wasn't hunkering but sitting with his right leg stretched stiffly out.
— Продолжай, Сюзанна, — сидел он не на корточках, а на пятой точке, вытянув правую ногу.
King, Stephen / The Dark tower 7: The Dark TowerКинг, Стивен / Темная башня 7: Темная башня
Темная башня 7: Темная башня
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 2004
© Перевод. В.А.Вебер, 2005
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2005
The Dark tower 7: The Dark Tower
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King
Whereupon the hulk blinked to life, a robot with the juice switched on. He lifted his jaw and hunkered over to the sofa, positioning himself like a room divider.
От щелчка тот включился, как робот, отвесил челюсть, подошел к дивану и, нависнув надо мной, заслонил всю гостиную, точно ширма.
Murakami, Haruki / Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldМураками, Харуки / Страна чудес без тормозов и конец света
Страна чудес без тормозов и конец света
Мураками, Харуки
© 1991 by Kodansha International Ltd.
© Д. Коваленин. Перевод, 2003
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2005
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Murakami, Haruki
© 1991 by Kodansha International Ltd.

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Collocations

on one's hunker
в ужасном положении
on one's hunker
на корточках
hunker down
сидеть на корточках

Word forms

hunker

noun
SingularPlural
Common casehunkerhunkers
Possessive casehunker'shunkers'

hunker

verb
Basic forms
Pasthunkered
Imperativehunker
Present Participle (Participle I)hunkering
Past Participle (Participle II)hunkered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I hunkerwe hunker
you hunkeryou hunker
he/she/it hunkersthey hunker
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am hunkeringwe are hunkering
you are hunkeringyou are hunkering
he/she/it is hunkeringthey are hunkering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have hunkeredwe have hunkered
you have hunkeredyou have hunkered
he/she/it has hunkeredthey have hunkered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been hunkeringwe have been hunkering
you have been hunkeringyou have been hunkering
he/she/it has been hunkeringthey have been hunkering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I hunkeredwe hunkered
you hunkeredyou hunkered
he/she/it hunkeredthey hunkered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was hunkeringwe were hunkering
you were hunkeringyou were hunkering
he/she/it was hunkeringthey were hunkering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had hunkeredwe had hunkered
you had hunkeredyou had hunkered
he/she/it had hunkeredthey had hunkered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been hunkeringwe had been hunkering
you had been hunkeringyou had been hunkering
he/she/it had been hunkeringthey had been hunkering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will hunkerwe shall/will hunker
you will hunkeryou will hunker
he/she/it will hunkerthey will hunker
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be hunkeringwe shall/will be hunkering
you will be hunkeringyou will be hunkering
he/she/it will be hunkeringthey will be hunkering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have hunkeredwe shall/will have hunkered
you will have hunkeredyou will have hunkered
he/she/it will have hunkeredthey will have hunkered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been hunkeringwe shall/will have been hunkering
you will have been hunkeringyou will have been hunkering
he/she/it will have been hunkeringthey will have been hunkering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would hunkerwe should/would hunker
you would hunkeryou would hunker
he/she/it would hunkerthey would hunker
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be hunkeringwe should/would be hunkering
you would be hunkeringyou would be hunkering
he/she/it would be hunkeringthey would be hunkering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have hunkeredwe should/would have hunkered
you would have hunkeredyou would have hunkered
he/she/it would have hunkeredthey would have hunkered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been hunkeringwe should/would have been hunkering
you would have been hunkeringyou would have been hunkering
he/she/it would have been hunkeringthey would have been hunkering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am hunkeredwe are hunkered
you are hunkeredyou are hunkered
he/she/it is hunkeredthey are hunkered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being hunkeredwe are being hunkered
you are being hunkeredyou are being hunkered
he/she/it is being hunkeredthey are being hunkered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been hunkeredwe have been hunkered
you have been hunkeredyou have been hunkered
he/she/it has been hunkeredthey have been hunkered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was hunkeredwe were hunkered
you were hunkeredyou were hunkered
he/she/it was hunkeredthey were hunkered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being hunkeredwe were being hunkered
you were being hunkeredyou were being hunkered
he/she/it was being hunkeredthey were being hunkered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been hunkeredwe had been hunkered
you had been hunkeredyou had been hunkered
he/she/it had been hunkeredthey had been hunkered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be hunkeredwe shall/will be hunkered
you will be hunkeredyou will be hunkered
he/she/it will be hunkeredthey will be hunkered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been hunkeredwe shall/will have been hunkered
you will have been hunkeredyou will have been hunkered
he/she/it will have been hunkeredthey will have been hunkered