hunch
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
to shove, push, or jostle.
to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.
to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.
a premonition or suspicion; guess: I have a hunch he'll run for reelection.
a hump.
a push or shove.
a lump or thick piece.
Origin of hunch
1Other words for hunch
Words that may be confused with hunch
- haunch, hunch
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How to use hunch in a sentence
On a hunch, she forwarded them to Fraser Hunter, an archaeologist and curator at the National Museum of Scotland.
How Scotland forged a rare alliance between amateur treasure hunters and archaeologists | Corinne Iozzio | August 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI felt more excitement than fear, and had a hunch that living here would help me know myself in a new way.
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Google has told us that filtering searches using this information isn’t possible right now, but that doesn’t mean that capability won’t eventually roll out — I have a strong hunch it will.
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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.
Michelle Obama and the Top Women Smashing Fundraising Records | Patricia Murphy | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI 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.
Oregon Judge Grounds the Federal No-Fly List—and It’s High Time | Dean Obeidallah | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll the domestic oxen without hunches have proceeded originally from the aurochs, and those with the hunch from the bison.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonAfter I had knelt to hold the lantern close to the rails of the rusty timber track I knew my hunch was all right.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeI can't persuade myself that Perry's guilty, and I've a hunch that I'm now on the trail of the right man.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.On a hunch I dropped in an aluminum alkyl, and then pushed the polymerization along with both ultraviolet and heat.
The Professional Approach | Charles Leonard HarnessHe did not presume to understand women; he estimated her by a "hunch" as to whether she was good or bad.
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British Dictionary definitions for hunch
/ (hʌntʃ) /
to bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together
(intr usually foll by up) to sit in a hunched position
Origin of hunch
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