Speakur

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hunkering down

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
hun-ker-ing -down
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hunker down

Questions

What does hunkering down mean?
present participle and gerund of hunker down

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