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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)
3.
to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.
4.
to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.
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Hunching
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
noun
5.
a premonition or suspicion; guess: I have a hunch he'll run for reelection.
6.
a hump.
7.
a push or shove.
8.
a lump or thick piece.
Origin:
1590–1600; 1900–05 for def. 5; apparently variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick < ?
1590–1600; 1900–05 for def. 5; apparently variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick < ?
Synonyms
5. surmise, feeling, theory, conjecture.
5. surmise, feeling, theory, conjecture.
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Word Origin & History
hunch
originally (1581) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1598, in hunchbacked. Perhaps a variant of bunch. Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904).
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