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hunching over

hunching over is the present participle and gerund 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 hunching over

What is hunching over the present participle and gerund of?
Hunching over is the present participle and gerund of hunch over.

Words near hunching over in the dictionary

  1. huncher
  2. hunchers
  3. hunches
  4. hunches over
  5. hunching
  6. hunching over
  7. hunchings
  8. hunchless
  9. Hunchun
  10. hunchunite
  11. hunchy

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