About The Word Hunch
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Hunch
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What's The Definition Of Hunch?
[n] the act of bending yourself up together
[n] an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" [v] arch one's back Synonyms | Synonyms for Hunch: hump | hunch forward | hunch over | intuition | suspicion Related Terms | Find terms related to Hunch: arch | bend | bend back | bilge | blain | bleb | blind guess | blister | blob | bold conjecture | boss | bow | bubble | bulb | bulge | bulla | bump | bunch | burl | button | cahot | chine | chunk | clod | clump | condyle | conjecture | convex | cower | cringe | crook | crouch | curl | curve | decurve | deflect | dome | dowel | ear | embow | feeling | flange | flap | flex | foreboding | forefeeling | funny feeling | gall | get down | gnarl | gob | grovel | guess | handle | hill | hook | huddle | hump | hunch down | hunk | impression | incurvate | incurve | inflect | intimation | intuition | intuitive impression | jog | joggle | knob | knot | knur | knurl | lip | loop | lump | mole | mountain | nevus | nub | nubbin | nubble | nugget | papilloma | peg | perhaps | preapprehension | prediction | premonition | presage | presagement | presentiment | recurve | reflect | reflex | retroflex | rib | ridge | ring | rough guess | round | sag | scrouch down | shot | shoulder | speculation | spine | squat | stab | stoop | stud | style | surmise | suspicion | swag | sweep | tab | tubercle | tubercule | turn | unverified supposition | vague feeling | vague idea | vault | verruca | vesicle | wad | wale | wallow | wart | welt | welter | wild guess | wind See Also | belief | bend | bending | bosom | change posture | feeling | flex | heart | impression | notion | opinion Hunch In Webster's Dictionary \Hunch\, n. [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. \Hunch\, n. A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; -- said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback. [Colloq. or Slang] |
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