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hunch

[ huhnch ]

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.

    Synonyms: conjecture, theory, feeling, surmise

  2. a hump.
  3. a push or shove.
  4. a lump or thick piece.

hunch

/ hʌntʃ /

noun

  1. an intuitive guess or feeling
  2. See hump
    another word for hump
  3. a lump or large piece


verb

  1. to bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together
  2. intrusually foll byup to sit in a hunched position

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hunch1

1590–1600; 1900–05 hunch fordef 5; apparently variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick < ?

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hunch1

C16: of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

An x-ray two hours later confirms my hunch: my tibia (the big bone behind the shin) is snapped clean in two.

On the other hand, I have a hunch that Lady Gaga will pay some heavy dues for this career move.

My hunch is that when you look at their most competitive races, women are not necessarily in the mix this year.

I have a hunch that our collective adoration of OITNB outweighs the love for it, or even awareness of it, among Emmy voters.

A federal agency simply has to “nominate” you if it has “reasonable suspicion”—which is slightly more than a hunch.

All the domestic oxen without hunches have proceeded originally from the aurochs, and those with the hunch from the bison.

After I had knelt to hold the lantern close to the rails of the rusty timber track I knew my hunch was all right.

I can't persuade myself that Perry's guilty, and I've a hunch that I'm now on the trail of the right man.

On a hunch I dropped in an aluminum alkyl, and then pushed the polymerization along with both ultraviolet and heat.

He did not presume to understand women; he estimated her by a "hunch" as to whether she was good or bad.

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