Adjective: haunchy
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | haunchier |
| Superlative | haunchiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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Like many shortish men he lifted his heels when he walked; he had a haunchy, oily swagger, and Scarsdale watched him go. [1932, Warwick Deeping, Old Wine and New:]
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Butterfield, a recessed soloist no more, leads them powerfully with his own singing and playing and with his physical presence, swaying before the drummer, doing a haunchy strut during a rhythmic solo […] [1968, New York Magazine, volume 1, number 32, page 50:]
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She walked out of the room with a haunchy slouch, […] [1999, Annie Proulx, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, page 218:]
Adjectives inflected like haunchy
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From haunch + -y.