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• She sat back on her haunches.From the entry sit back
• In an instant, the creature reared back on its haunches and spurted out a gargantuan nugget!1998 October 30, CW, “A Halloween Story...”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet). From the entry boogerball
• The figure came up and squatted flatfooted on his haunches next to Patsy.1986, F[rancis] Paul Wilson, “Dat Tay Vao”, in The Touch (The Adversary Cycle; III), New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN; republished in Shane…. From the entry flat-footed
• In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, page 53. From the entry addax
• The beast sat on its haunches and tearingly ate the hind quarters of a still-squealing little pig.1933, John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown. From the entry tearingly
• Haunch Paunch and Jowl—so that's the derisive picture the radicals had drawn of me.1924 July [1923 August], Samuel Badisch Ornitz, “Fifth Period”, in Haunch Paunch and Jowl, eighth printing, New York, N.Y.: Boni and…. From the entry paunch
• Penny dropped to his haunches behind a buttonwood bush.1938, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, chapter 24, in The Yearling, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 303. From the entry buttonwood
• The midwife, an old, thin, inscrutable Madrassi, came to the hall and sat on her haunches in a corner, smoking, silent, her eyes bright.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 6. From the entry Madrasi
• A girl of fifteen, perhaps, was plaiting pandanus-leaf to make a hat, and an old woman was sitting on her haunches smoking a pipe.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 53”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry pandanus
• During the recitation, Eltie remained on her haunches, as she looked into Ralph's eyes, pulled down an eyelid, flipped up a flew, felt around his ribcage.2014, Melanie Forde, “SIX — Goblins”, in Hillwilla: A Novel, Mountain Lake Press. From the entry flew
• Theo and I would join the servants for breakfast, squatting on our haunches round the three-legged iron pot, helping ourselves to tough putu porridge in our cupped hands.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 328. From the entry putu
• The part immediately above the tail (i.e., the haunches) is the crup, and about 4 to 5 inches above the crup the butt is separated from the hide.1904, The Leather Manufacturer - Volumes 15-16, page 105. From the entry crup
• The extreme roundness of his back and haunches, with the columnar character of the legs, and the round expansion of the feet, give you the impression of a small elephant.2009, Elisha Kent Kane, Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry arctic bear

Meaning of haunch

1. noun The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
2. noun The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
3. noun A squat vertical support structure.

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How do you use haunch in a sentence?

Haunch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She sat back on her haunches.”

What is a short sentence with haunch?

“She sat back on her haunches.”

What does haunch mean?

Haunch means the area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.