Hunch Over (Verb)
Meaning
Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- As the old man struggled to walk, he started to hunch over due to years of bad posture and arthritis.
- The weightlifter's muscles tensed up when he had to hunch over and pick up the extremely heavy weight.
- Because the car was extremely small, she had to hunch over just to avoid hitting her head on the car's ceiling.
- The student slumped and had to hunch over the table to read the complicated calculations written on the board.
- The laborer's years of physical work caused him to hunch over and limp when he walked, a testament to how demanding his job was.