hunch
verb (used with object)
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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It’s a completely different thing when you know why the person is hunching over versus the stand-up-comedian version of it just mimicking it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021