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, […]