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1. (n.) haunch
the hip or the fleshy part of the body about the hip.
2. haunch
a hindquarter of an animal.
3. haunch
the leg and loin of an animal, used for food.
4. haunch
either side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown to the impost.
5. haunch
the part of a beam projecting below a floor or roof slab.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < OF hanche < Gmc; cf. MD hanke haunch, hip)
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| Definition of 'haunch' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) haunch
the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
2. (noun) haunch
the loin and leg of a quadruped
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) haunch
the hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part
2. (noun) haunch
of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison
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Sense: (usually in plural) the fleshy part of the hip
The children were squatting on their haunches.
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 Afrikaans: hurke |
 Arabic: عَجْز، كَفَل |
 Bulgarian: бедро |
 Brazilian: anca |
 Czech: hýždě; zadek |
 German: das Gesäß |
 Danish: bagdel; numse |
 Greek: γλουτός, πισινά (πληθ.) |
 Spanish: cadera y muslo; anca |
 Estonian: kints |
 Farsi: كفل |
 Finnish: lonkka |
 French: hanche, derrière |
 Hebrew: יָרֵך |
 Hindi: पुठ्ठा, नितम्ब |
 Croatian: bedro, stegno |
 Hungarian: csípő |
 Indonesian: panggul |
 Icelandic: mjöðm, lend |
 Italian: anca |
 Japanese: しり |
 Korean: 궁둥이, 둔부 |
 Lithuanian: šlaunis, kulšis |
 Latvian: gurns |
 Malay: punggung |
 Dutch: lende |
 Norwegian: bakpart, hofte, (på) huk |
 Polish: pośladek |
 Persian: كفل |
 Pashto: كوناټى ، د حيوان ورون او |
 Portuguese: anca |
 Romanian: pulpă |
 Russian: корточки |
 Slovak: zadok |
 Slovenian: bok, zadnjica |
 Serbian: bedro |
 Swedish: höft, länd, [sitta på] hu |
 Thai: เนื้อสะโพก |
 Turkish: kalça |
 Taiwanese: 臀部 |
 Ukrainian: стегно |
 Urdu: سرین کا گوشت والا حصہ |
 Vietnamese: vùng hông |
 Chinese: 臀部 |
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