Haunch
[hɔːn(t)ʃ] or [hɔntʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the loin and leg of a quadruped.
(noun.) the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings.
Edited by ELLA--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
(n.) Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hip.
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Definition
n. the fleshy part of the hip and buttock: (Shak.) the hip the hind-part the rear: (archit.) the middle part between the vertex or crown and the springing of an arch.—adjs. Haunch′less; Haunch′y.
v.t. (prov.) to throw with an underhand movement.—n. a jerked underhand throw.
Edited by Barton
Examples
- Robert Jordan slipped through between the double rope of the corral and slapped the buckskin on the haunch. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The venison was roasted to a turn--and everybody said they never saw so fat a haunch. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Such a visage, joined to the brawny form of the holy man, spoke rather of sirloins and haunches, than of pease and pulse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Seated upon their haunches, with their mouths close together, they had made all the noise we had been hearing for the past ten minutes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Occasionally he glanced at Tarzan; but the ape-man sat upon his haunches, like a carven image, his eyes fixed upon the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Suddenly, the postilions exchange speech with animated gesticulation, and the horses are pulled up, almost on their haunches. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then, squatting upon his haunches, he proceeded to eat, first motioning Clayton to join him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Fernando was crouched on his haunches a little way from where they passed but he spoke with great dignity. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Looking down I saw a stately carriage and pair, the brilliant lamps gleaming on the glossy haunches of the noble chestnuts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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