HUNCH

hunch

(noun) the act of bending yourself into a humped position

intuition, hunch, suspicion

(noun) an impression that something might be the case; “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”

hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over

(verb) round one’s back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

hunch (plural hunches)

A hump; a protuberance.

A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.

A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.

A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.

A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

Synonyms

• (guess): hint, clue, inkling

Verb

hunch (third-person singular simple present hunchs, present participle hunching, simple past and past participle hunched)

(intransitive) To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.

Synonyms: slouch, stoop, lean

(transitive) To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).

(intransitive) To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.

Synonym: slouch

(transitive) To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.

(transitive) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).

Synonyms: elbow, nudge

(intransitive, colloquial) To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

Anagrams

• Chhun

Source: Wiktionary

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Hunch, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch, hunk.]

1. A hump; a protuberance.

2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.

3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

Hunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunching.]

1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.

2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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