Haunches

I had come to suspect these anyhow — after so many decades, was he still looking to set his thin haunches on the hard ground of a graveyard, and in icy winter to boot? ❋ Unknown (2006)

You can sink down on your haunches, which is a little archaic but can be used in fantasy I suppose, though I'm not sure what the connotations are there. ❋ Nathreee (2009)

Hi, I’ve takenaphoto of the horsephonic mounted, note that there’s no saddle as I’ve sold it to a friend4 years ago, so the components are not very well positioned and the breeching behind the haunches is a bit too low, however, I’ve turned the thing on and played one program while I was posing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And the human voice, the voice of a god, issuing from the throat of the tiny, snow-white bird, had made Michael go back on his haunches, while, with eyes and nostrils, he quested the steerage for the human who had spoken. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He dropped onto his haunches and wept in the hollow of his arms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The hunter sank down to his haunches, relaxed yet alert, and said no more. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The liberating legions of the American Armies of our parents and grandparents' day did not fight and die to defeat fascism just so we could sit back on our haunches and watch our bridges crumble along with our children's prospects for a better future. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Leaning back on his haunches, he considered his options. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

Now one wormed his chest forward, dragging his haunches after, now a second, now a third; but never a one drew back. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They drew back into a wider circle, squatting alertly on their haunches and licking their chops, the hair on every neck bristling and erect. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have always lifted my dogs in the boat and over fences the same way, i.e. by the scruff of the neck and grabbing a handful of skin on the back over the haunches. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Her horse was back on its haunches, the weight of her body on the reins; but her head was turned and her eyes were on the falling Comanche. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Domar dropped to his haunches, sensing that his long climb was over. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The rat sat up on his haunches and casually licked a trickle of blood from his paw before using it to flip Sweet Tooth the bird and darting off down the hall. ❋ Harry B. Sanderford (2011)

His naked fangs and writhing lips were uniformly efficacious, rarely failing to send a bellowing on-rushing dog back on its haunches. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So he sat on his haunches, conspicuously in an open space, and challenged the hawk down out of the sky. ❋ Unknown (2010)

* In the Northwest Territories, near Courageous Lake, a young grizzly boar with a mangled snout sat on his haunches like a dog and regarded me with polite interest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Naked men standing in clusters of three vomited on another naked man on his haunches. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[The area] that hurts after a long [bike ride]. Or when a woman is wearing [short-shorts] and bends over, she exposes her haunches. ❋ LenoreBenay (2006)

I just [wanna] [pinch] those [little] haunches. ❋ Theunemp (2006)

Yea, that hoe over there in the corner was haunchin' my leg and now my pants are [streaked] up. Look at your dog man, it's haunchin' that [dirty towel] you left on the floor. Who [the fucks] that over there walking this way all haunched? Hey, I see you mutha fucka. ❋ DEVILDRIVER6669 (2011)

[On the way back] from the movie I saw [my best friend] and his date haunching [in the back seat]. ❋ Paul Horn (2003)

Dude did you see that [big bitch] at walmart strap both of her shopping cars onto her [haunches] and [hoble] out. ❋ Jason665 (2009)

State of mind, as in: "Your not being very [haunchy] right now." Verb: "Let the [haunches] kick back." Noun: "What up [haunch]?" ❋ Jessica And Zach Haunch (2008)

After a [supper] of jackrabbit haunches, we [laid out] [beneath] the stars. ❋ Deehenny (2011)

[Sarah] is [rocking] those [fucking] deer haunches. ❋ TomKVideo (2008)

"[Kelsey] make sure nothing happens to my beer at [half time], I seriously need to go [HAUNCH IT UP] big time!" ❋ AnnDee Paxton (2009)

[Andi]: Where's Kelsey? I haven't seen her for 2 hours. . Ralph: She's in the bathroom "[haunching up]". Probably gonna [clog] up the toilet again! ❋ Ralph M. Frichtl (2009)