nounto be on your hunkersbheith ar do ghogaide, bheith ar do chorraghiob, bheith ar do chromada, bheith ar do ghlúine beagato go down on your hunkers (also to get down on your hunkers)dul síos ar do ghogaide, dul síos ar do chorraghiob, dul síos ar do chromada, dul síos ar do ghlúine beaga
phrasal verbs
hunker down
1 (v + adv) (especially US) squat INTRANSITIVEdul ar do ghogaidedul ar do chorraghiobdul síos ar do ghlúine beagaSeán hunkered down beside herchuaigh Seán síos ar a ghogaide taobh léi, chrom Seán síos taobh léi2 (v + adv) (especially US) be settled somewhere TRANSITIVEto be hunkered downbheith neadaithe, bheith lonnaitheshe's hunkered down in the librarytá sí neadaithe sa leabharlann, tá sí curtha fúithi sa leabharlann3 (v + adv) (US) also MIL wait out difficult period INTRANSITIVEsocraigh síos c m ucuir fút c m uhe'll hunker down in the basement until the storm passesfanfaidh sé san íoslach go dtí go mbeidh an stoirm thart, cuirfidh sé faoi san íoslach go dtí mbeidh an stoirm caiteshe hunkered down to waitshocraigh sí síos le fanacht, réitigh sí í féin le fanacht4 (v + adv) (US) MIL be in position TRANSITIVEthey were hunkered down behind the barrierréitigh siad iad féin taobh thiar den bhacainn
