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• Hungus

  jargon /huhng’g*s/ (Perhaps related to slang “humongous”) Large, unwieldy, usually unmanageable. E.g. “TCP is a hungus piece of code.” [Jargon File] (1999-01-26)

• Hung-wu

  [hoo ng-woo] /ˈhʊŋˈwu/ noun 1. (Chu Yüan-chang) 1328–98, emperor of China 1368–98: founder of the Ming dynasty. /ˈhʌŋ ˈwuː/ noun 1. See Hong-wu

• Hunker

  [huhng-ker] /ˈhʌŋ kər/ verb (used without object) 1. to squat on one’s heels (often followed by down). 2. Informal. 3. Slang. to lumber along; walk or move slowly or aimlessly. noun 4. hunkers, one’s haunches. Idioms 5. on one’s hunkers, [huhng-ker] /ˈhʌŋ kər/ noun 1. a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party […]

• Hunkering

  [huhng-ker] /ˈhʌŋ kər/ verb (used without object) 1. to squat on one’s heels (often followed by down). 2. Informal. 3. Slang. to lumber along; walk or move slowly or aimlessly. noun 4. hunkers, one’s haunches. Idioms 5. on one’s hunkers, /ˈhʌŋkə/ verb 1. (intransitive) often foll by down. to squat; crouch v. “to squat, crouch,” […]

• Hunkerism

  [huhng-ker] /ˈhʌŋ kər/ noun 1. a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48. /ˈhʌŋkə/ verb 1. (intransitive) often foll by down. to squat; crouch v. “to squat, crouch,” 1720, Scottish, of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse huka “to crouch,” hoka, hokra “to crawl.” […]

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