pungko : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

pungko [pung.kû.] :

hunker (v.); squat (v.)

Synonyms: puk-ong; tungko

Derivatives of pungko

Glosses:

hunker
v. (contact)	1. crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat	sit on one's heels.; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
	~ sit, sit down	be seated.
squat
n. (act)	1. knee bend, squat, squatting	exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles.
	~ leg exercise	exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles.
n. (quantity)	2. diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat	a small worthless amount.; "you don't know jack"
	~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity	an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude.
n. (act)	3. squat, squatting	the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels.
	~ movement, motility, motion, move	a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
v. (stative)	4. squat	be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide.; "The building squatted low"
	~ be	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
v. (stative)	5. squat	occupy (a dwelling) illegally.
	~ lodge in, occupy, reside	live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
adj.	6. chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy	short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature.; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"
	~ short, little	low in stature; not tall.; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
adj.	7. squat, underslung	having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground.
	~ low	literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension.; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"