hunch
verb (used with object)
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.
Example Sentences
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Much of the panic driving recent selloffs has been based on futuristic hunches or kneejerk assessments of the impact of new AI tools.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
New discoveries and old hunches borne out by computer analysis have indicated how often and how deeply he collaborated with writers such as Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd and John Fletcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White hunches into leather jackets and flannels, dark curls coquettishly kissing his brow, in order to embody Springsteen on screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
When the workweek began, we’d convene with analysts from other agencies to murder-board our hunches on how and where the next attack might occur.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
There are ancient ideas reverberating through this structure, very old hunches.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
