hunch

Definition of Hunch in English :

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Noun

1. hunch, intuition, suspicion

an impression that something might be the case

Example Sentences:
'he had an intuition that something had gone wrong'

2. hunch

the act of bending yourself into a humped position

Verb

3. hump, hunch, hunch forward, hunch over

round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hunch

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noun

1.

an intuitive guess or feeling

2. another word for hump

3.

a lump or large piece

verb

4.

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

5. (intransitive; usually foll by up)

to sit in a hunched position

Hunch

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verb transitive

1.

to draw (one's body, etc.) up so as to form a hump; arch into a hump

verb intransitive

2.

to move forward jerkily; push; shove

3.

to sit or stand with the back arched

noun

4.

a hump

5.

a chunk; lump; hunk

6. US

a guess or feeling not based on known facts; premonition or suspicion

from the superstition that it brings good luck to touch a hunchback

Hunch

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n.

1. An intuitive feeling or a premonition: had a hunch that he would lose.

2. A hump.

3. A lump or chunk: "She ... cut herself another hunch of bread" (Virginia Woolf).

4. A push or shove.

v. hunched, hunch·ing, hunch·es

v.tr.

1. To bend or draw up into a hump: I hunched my shoulders against the wind.

2. To push or shove.

v.intr.

1. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The cat hunched in a corner.

2. To thrust oneself forward.

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