hunch
verb (used with object)
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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She picks up on the cues from her handlers and will hunch down and surge out of her pen as the public-address announcer bellows, “Here comes Ralphie!” followed by, “and the Colorado Golden Buffaloes!”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2019