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noun
1.
the hip.
2.
the fleshy part of the body about the hip.
3.
a hindquarter of an animal.
4.
the leg and loin of an animal, used for food.
5.
Architecture.
a.
either side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown to the impost.
b.
the part of a beam projecting below a floor or roof slab.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English haunche < Old French hanche < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch hanke haunch, hip, German Hanke haunch
1150–1200; Middle English haunche < Old French hanche < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch hanke haunch, hip, German Hanke haunch
Related forms
haunched, adjective
haunch·less, adjective
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Haunches
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- The chaiwallah--tea vender--sat on his haunches with his eyes fixed on the saucepan.
- The idea is to discourage someone getting tenure and then resting on their haunches.
- The yellowish polymer is for them the stuff of faces and necks, limbs and paws and haunches.
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Word Origin & History
haunch
earlly 13c., from O.Fr. hanche, from Frankish *hanka (cf. O.H.G. hinkan "to limp," ancha "leg," lit. "joint;" M.Du. hanke "haunch"), from P.Gmc. *khink-.
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