What does haunchy mean?
Haunchy means With a pronounced motion of the haunch..
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/hɔːn(t)ʃi/ · adjective
With a pronounced motion of the haunch..
Like many shortish men he lifted his heels when he walked; he had a haunchy, oily swagger, and Scarsdale watched him go.
Butterfield, a recessed soloist no more, leads them powerfully with his own singing and playing and with his physical presence, swaying before the drummer, doing a haunchy strut during a rhythmic solo […]
She walked out of the room with a haunchy slouch, […]
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Haunchy means With a pronounced motion of the haunch..
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Like many shortish men he lifted his heels when he walked; he had a haunchy, oily swagger, and Scarsdale watched him go.
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