[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to crouch or squat on 's heels:He hunkered to be at eye level with his dog.I can’t hunker with this bad knee.", "to hunch:The driver hunkered over the steering wheel.to hide, hide out, or take shelter, often for just a few hours or less, as from a pursuer or a storm:The escaped convicts hunkered in a cave in the mountains.to settle in to the safety of one’s home or other designated shelter for a potentially prolonged time, as would be necessitated by a natural disaster or an outbreak of a contagious disease:Many local residents hunkered in the basement of the fire station.", "to hunch:The driver hunkered over the steering wheel.", "to hide, hide out, or take shelter, often for just a few hours or less, as from a pursuer or a storm:The escaped convicts hunkered in a cave in the mountains.", "to settle in to the safety of one’s home or other designated shelter for a potentially prolonged time, as would be necessitated by a natural disaster or an outbreak of a contagious disease:Many local residents hunkered in the basement of the fire station.", "Slang.to lumber along; walk or move slowly or aimlessly:A small black bear was seen hunkering through the neighborhood."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["hunkers,one's haunches."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["hunker down hunker down."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48."]}]