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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: hunker - hurdy-gurdy</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="hunker"> hunker (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who opposes innovation or change; fogy. </DL> <A NAME="hunker"> hunker (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to squat on one's haunches, or with the haunches brought near the heels. Ex. to hunker down in front of the TV. So there he was one day, ... hunkered on his moccasins (Dan Cushman). <DD>noun =haunch. expr. on one's hunkers, in a squatting position, on one's haunches. Ex. They argued squatting on their hunkers in the dust and emphasizing their words by frequent banging of rifle butts on the ground (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="hunks"> hunks, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a crabbed, disagreeable person. Ex. some old hunks of a sea captain (Herman Melville). <DD> 2. a stingy person; miser. Ex. They all think me a close old hunks (John Boyle Orrery). </DL> <A NAME="hunky"> hunky, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) in good condition; safe and sound; all right. Ex. North ... ventured to ask how the child was doing ... 'She's all hunky, and has an appetite' (Bret Harte). </DL> <A NAME="hunkydory"> hunky-dory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) safe and sound; hunky; O.K.. Ex. It would be odd for any Congressional committee to run a full-scale probe and decide everything is hunky-dory (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="hunnish"> Hunnish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or like the Huns. noun Hunnishness. </DL> <A NAME="hunt"> hunt, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to chase (game or other wild animals) to catch or kill them for food or sport. Ex. Man used to hunt animals to eat; now his table has meat from animals he raises to eat. <DD> 2a. to search through (a region) in pursuit of game. Ex. He has hunted all our local woods. <DD> b. (Figurative:) Ex. She hunted the house over for her lost ring. (SYN) ransack, rummage. <DD> 3. to use (horses or dogs) in the chase. <DD> 4. to drive; chase. Ex. We hunted the neighbor's chickens out of our yard. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) to pursue; harry; persecute. Ex. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him (Psalms 140:11). <DD> 6. to try to find; search for; seek. Ex. to hunt a clue. <DD> 7. (in change ringing) to alter the position of (a bell) in successive changes shifting it by degrees from first place to the last. <DD>v.i. 1. to chase or go out after wild animals or game. Ex. Most men hunt only for sport today. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to look thoroughly; search carefully. Ex. to hunt through drawers, to hunt for a lost book. (SYN) ransack, rummage. <DD> 3. (in change ringing) to hunt a bell. <DD>noun 1. the act of hunting. Ex. The hunt drew many spectators. <DD> 2. a group of persons hunting together. Ex. The hunt met in the farthest village this time. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) an attempt to find something; thorough look; careful search. Ex. a treasure hunt. The hunt for the lost child continued until she was found. <DD> 4. the district hunted with dogs. Ex. The hunt covers an area four by five miles. <DD> 5. (in change ringing) the act of hunting a bell. expr. hunt down, <DD> a. to hunt for until caught or killed. Ex. We should single every criminal out of the herd, and hunt him down (Joseph Addison). <DD> b. (Figurative.) to look for until found. Ex. Errors, popular or not, are lawful game, and free to everyone to hunt down (Maurice Keatinge). expr. hunt up, <DD> a. to look carefully for. Ex. ... hunting up earlier quotations for recent words (J. A. H. Murray). <DD> b. to find by search. Ex. [He] employed his time in hunting up all the old students that he had known formerly (Albert R. Smith). adj. huntable. </DL> <A NAME="huntandpeck"> hunt and peck,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a manner of typewriting by looking at the keyboard to find the keys before striking them. <DD> 2. to typewrite in this manner. Ex. She used to hunt and peck, but she has learned to touch-type. </DL> <A NAME="hunter"> hunter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who hunts wild animals, game birds, or other game; huntsman. <DD> 2. a horse or dog trained for hunting. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a person who searches eagerly for something; seeker. Ex. a fortune hunter. <DD> 4. =hunting watch. </DL> <A NAME="hunterkiller"> hunter-killer, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> grouped or designed for finding and destroying enemy submarines. Ex. hunter-killer ships. </DL> <A NAME="hunterkillersatellite"> hunter-killer satellite,<DL COMPACT><DD> an artificial earth satellite that destroys orbiting enemy satellites; killer satellite. Ex. hunter-killer satellites armed with laser beams which can search out and destroy ... reconnaissance satellites in the vast reaches of space (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="huntersmoon"> hunter's moon,<DL COMPACT><DD> the full moon next after the harvest moon. </DL> <A NAME="hunting"> hunting, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the act of chasing game in order to catch or kill it for food or sport. <DD> 2. (in a synchronous machine) a variation, occurring periodically, from a true synchronous speed. <DD>adj. of or for hunting. Ex. hunting season. </DL> <A NAME="huntingbox"> hunting box,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small house for use during the hunting season. </DL> <A NAME="huntingcase"> hunting case,<DL COMPACT><DD> a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal. </DL> <A NAME="huntingdog"> hunting dog,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a dog used in hunting. <DD> 2. any one of various doglike animals that hunt their prey in packs, such as the dhole. </DL> <A NAME="huntingdogs"> Hunting Dogs, =Canes Venatici.</DL> <A NAME="huntingground"> hunting ground,<DL COMPACT><DD> a place or region for hunting. </DL> <A NAME="huntinggull"> hunting gull, =jaeger (def. 1).</DL> <A NAME="huntinghorn"> hunting horn,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a horn used to give signals in a hunt; bugle. <DD> 2. the earliest type of musical horn, consisting of a coiled tube, a flaring end, and a mouthpiece like that of a trumpet. </DL> <A NAME="huntingknife"> hunting knife,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, strong, sharp knife, used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to kill it. </DL> <A NAME="huntingleopard"> hunting leopard, =cheetah.</DL> <A NAME="huntinglodge"> hunting lodge,<DL COMPACT><DD> a lodge for the accommodation of hunters. </DL> <A NAME="huntingtonschorea"> Huntington's chorea or disease,<DL COMPACT><DD> an inherited disorder of the central nervous system, characterized by involuntary twitching of the muscles, distorted speech, and progressive degeneration of the brain. </DL> <A NAME="huntingwasp"> hunting wasp,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wasp found in the southwestern United States and in parts of Europe and Africa. The female feeds her young on fresh meat by capturing and storing up small caterpillars, crickets, and the like, before laying eggs. </DL> <A NAME="huntingwatch"> hunting watch,<DL COMPACT><DD> a watch with a hunting case. </DL> <A NAME="huntress"> huntress, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a woman who hunts. <DD> 2. a mare used in hunting. </DL> <A NAME="huntsman"> huntsman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD> 1. a hunter. <DD> 2. the manager of a hunt. </DL> <A NAME="huntsman"> Huntsman, noun. =Bootes.</DL> <A NAME="huntsmanscup"> huntsman's-cup, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a North American pitcher plant that grows in swamps, so called from its pitcher-shaped leaves. </DL> <A NAME="huntsmanspider"> huntsman spider,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, tan crab spider of the southern United States. </DL> <A NAME="huntsup"> hunt's-up, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a song sung or tune played to arouse huntsmen in the morning. <DD> 2. any similar song or tune. </DL> <A NAME="huonpine"> Huon pine,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, evergreen, coniferous timber tree of Tasmania. Its wood is used especially for boats and carving. </DL> <A NAME="hup"> hup, interjection. =hep (2) (military command).</DL> <A NAME="hupa"> Hupa, noun, pl. -pa or -pas.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a North American Indian tribe of northwestern California. <DD> 2. the Athapascan language of this tribe. </DL> <A NAME="huppa"> huppa, noun, pl. huppas, huppoth. =chuppah.</DL> <A NAME="huppah"> huppah, noun, pl. huppahs, huppoth. =chuppah.</DL> <A NAME="hurdies"> hurdies, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) the buttocks or hips. </DL> <A NAME="hurdle"> hurdle, noun, verb, -dled, -dling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a barrier for people or horses to jump over in a race. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) an obstacle or difficulty. Ex. The poor boy overcame the many hurdles in his way to become a doctor. <DD> 3. a frame made of sticks, used as a temporary fence. <DD> 4. a sledlike frame on which traitors used to be dragged to execution. <DD>v.t. 1. to jump over. Ex. The horse hurdled both the fence and the ditch. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to overcome (an obstacle or difficulty). Ex. He hurdled the great odds of poor health to be President. <DD> 3. to enclose with hurdles or fences. <DD>v.i. to jump over a hurdle or other barrier. expr. hurdles, a race in which the runners jump over hurdles. Ex. He figures to ... train for the 400-meter hurdles (Time). noun hurdler. </DL> <A NAME="hurdling"> hurdling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a foot race in which the runners jump over obstacles called hurdles. </DL> <A NAME="hurdygurdy"> hurdy-gurdy, noun, pl. -dies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a hand organ or street piano played by turning a handle. Ex. a hurdy-gurdy's whine (Stephen Vincent Benet). <DD> 2. an obsolete instrument shaped like a guitar, played by turning a wheel. </DL> <A HREF="hurl.dic">NEXT</A>