Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hunkers down

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
hun-ker-s -down
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does hunkers down mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of hunker down

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