hanch

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hænt͡ʃ/, /hɑːnt͡ʃ/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== hanch (plural hanches) Alternative form of hance. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hanch (plural hanches) Obsolete form of haunch. ==== References ==== 1886, A haunch. The Squire zend 'em a beautiful hanch o' venison. — Frederick Thomas Elworthy, The West Somerset Word-Book. A Glossary of Dialectical and Archaic Words and Phrases used in the West of Somerset and East Devon. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== hanch (third-person singular simple present hanches, present participle hanching, simple past and past participle hanched) (ambitransitive) To snap at something with the jaws.