haunchy

English

Etymology

haunch +‎ -y

Adjective

haunchy (comparative more haunchy, superlative most haunchy)

  1. With a pronounced motion of the haunch.
    • 1932, Warwick Deeping, Old Wine and New:
      Like many shortish men he lifted his heels when he walked; he had a haunchy, oily swagger, and Scarsdale watched him go.
    • 1968, New York Magazine, volume 1, number 32, page 50:
      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 […]
    • 1999, Annie Proulx, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, page 218:
      She walked out of the room with a haunchy slouch, […]
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