Haunch

What do we mean by haunch?

The hip, buttock, and upper thigh in humans and certain other animals. noun

The loin and leg of a four-footed animal, especially as used for food. noun

Either of the sides of an arch, curving down from the apex to an impost. noun

To throw, as a stone, from the hand by jerking it against the haunch.

The fleshy part of the body, in men and quadrupeds, above the thigh, pertaining to each hipjoint and wing of the pelvis; the hip: as, a haunch of venison; the haunches of a horse. noun

The coxa or basal joint of the legs in insects and spiders. noun

The rear; the hind part. noun

The jamb or upright post of a door. See jamb. noun

In architecture, the middle part between the vertex or crown and the springing of an arch — sometimes used to include the spandrel or part of it; the flank. Also haunching. noun

The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part. noun

Of meats: The leg and loin taken together. noun

See Innominate bone, under Innominate. noun

The parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch. noun

The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that is able to sit on its hindquarters. noun

The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food. noun

A squat vertical support structure. noun

The hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings noun

The loin and leg of a quadruped noun

The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.

The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.

A squat vertical support structure.

A jerked underhand throw.

Words that are spelled similarly to haunch:
haunch, launch, hunch, paunch, raunch, haunce, hanch, maunch, faunch, hauch, baunch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word haunch:
venison, zurich, gallery, plc, london, berlin, contemporary, art, paris, york, black.

Words that rhyme with haunch:
launch, staunch, conch, paunch, relaunch, raunch, scraunch, craunch, bronch, maunch, claunch, giant conch, bronch-, clonch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe haunch:
fine, left, right, fat, great, noble, whole, huge, large, roasted, good, concrete, roast, rear, finest, overkept, kept, fresh, splendid, white, straight, curved, broad, flavored, superb, tapered, big, heavy, juicy, nice, cold, black, diminished, bloody, brown, flavoured, primest, vertiginous, entire, south, parabolic, welded, grey, bare, flat, occasional, very, savoury, thick, massive, frozen, plump, magnificent, bottom, pink, smooth, opposite, ragged, rounded, powerful, toothsome, largest, hand, perpetual, inclined, corpulent, thin, light, east, godlike, speckled, marvellous, monstrous, tiny, substantial, horizontal, giant, rocky, dusty, top, wounded, glorious, ursine, savory, bony, lean, generous, immense, inner, north.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective haunch:
bone, bones, bags, piece, hoop, buttons, end, men.

Consonant match to haunch:
hunch, hinch, hench.

Words that sound like haunch:
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