hunched 1. To bend or to draw up into a hump: 'She hunched her shoulders against the wind.' 2. To push or to shove; to thrust oneself forward. 3. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: 'When the dog came into the room, the cat hunched in a corner.' Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3704/2