Defn: In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]
Sit on your hunkers — and pray for the bridge.
Kipling.
HUNKS
Hunks, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks. Gray.
HUNKY
Hunk"y, a. [Perh. fr. Hunk.]
Defn: All right; in a good condition; also, even; square. [Slang, U.
S.]
He . . . began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him. Stephen Crane.
HUNT
Hunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] Etym:
[AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin (in
comp.) to seize. sq. root36. Cf. Hent.]
1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson.
2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; — often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.