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hunched over

hunched over is the simple past and past participle of hunch over.

Meaning of hunch over

Verb

hunch over (third-person singular simple present hunches over, present participle hunching over, simple past and past participle hunched over)

  1. (informal) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
  2. (idiomatic, informal, uncommon) To bend or stoop to issues that may not warrant such attention.

Questions about hunched over

What is hunched over the simple past and past participle of?
Hunched over is the simple past and past participle of hunch over.

Words near hunched over in the dictionary

  1. Hunchakists
  2. hunchback
  3. hunchbacked
  4. hunchbacks
  5. hunched
  6. hunched over
  7. huncher
  8. hunchers
  9. hunches
  10. hunches over
  11. hunching

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