An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
HUNCHING
Verb
hunching
present participle of hunch
Noun
hunching (plural hunchings)
The motion by which something is hunched.
Source: Wiktionary
HUNCH
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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