() A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.
Example Sentences:
Haunch
Definition:
(n.) The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
(n.) Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
Example Sentences:
(1) Minimal thresholds of IM reached 3-10 microA for the MR of the shoulder and forearm, but were as high as 30-200 microA in the MR of the haunch and lower leg.
(2) At full-time, he crouched on to his haunches and stared blankly at the turf.
(3) The Croat kicked every pass, jumped to head every high ball into the box, railed at the Polish referee, sank to his haunches when Liverpool attacked and leapt up and down as Besiktas formed a wall to defend a Jordan Henderson free-kick from 25 yards.
(4) She wouldn't be able to support her own weight, sitting on her haunches, after the bullet wound to the hip, says Nel.
(5) We did not observe a geometrical pattern of organization in the more caudally placed MR of the hindleg, where IM elicited isolated responses in the muscles of the lower leg and the haunch.
(6) Others, sitting on their haunches, carefully swirl the dust in shallow plastic buckets.
(7) The latent periods of the EMG responses lasted 25-52 msec for the shoulder, 24-73 msec for the forearm, 32-54 msec for the haunch, and 36-71 msec for the lower leg.
(8) The fox slunk down, raising its haunches and pressing its chest to the ground.
(9) D id you hear that?” Dafne Schippers says with a grimace after her knees make a loud cracking sound when she sinks down on to her haunches to have her photograph taken.
(10) The Republic of Ireland's players sank to their haunches as the Austrian supporters massed behind the goal pierced the sub-zero evening with their celebrations.
(11) It was noticeable at full-time that a few of their players sank on to their haunches, their glaze fixed upon the turf while the visiting Tottenham fans clapped their , and Arsène Wenger articulated the frustration.
(12) Your sudden craving for venison haunch can be satisfied that very day, and without the horror of being told off by the self-service checkout.
(13) It sits on its haunches in the crook of a girl's arm, gently licking her skin.
(14) At the final whistle Steven Gerrard was on his haunches.
(15) As men and women find a quiet and secluded corner and start going down on their haunches, Pradeep and his friends spring out whistling and topple their dabbas of water.
(16) Within 3-4 hours of birth they were able to walk supporting their full weight, right themselves rapidly, sit upright on their haunches, or rear upright with support, and vocalize.
(17) It has either been dormant, the subject of bids from people like Charles Saatchi, who wanted to open his gallery there, or occupied by commercial gallery tenants, including Haunch of Venison and, currently, Pace.
(18) Polly Morgan's latest show, Psychopomps, is at Haunch of Venison, London W1, until 25 September.