hunch

[ huhnch ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.

  2. to shove, push, or jostle.

verb (used without object)
  1. to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.

  2. to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.

noun
  1. a premonition or suspicion; guess: I have a hunch he'll run for reelection.

  2. a hump.

  1. a push or shove.

  2. a lump or thick piece.

Origin of hunch

1
1590–1600; 1900–05 for def. 5; apparently variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick < ?

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British Dictionary definitions for hunch

hunch

/ (hʌntʃ) /


noun
  1. an intuitive guess or feeling

  2. another word for hump

  1. a lump or large piece

verb
  1. to bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together

  2. (intr usually foll by up) to sit in a hunched position

Origin of hunch

1
C16: of unknown origin

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