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Hunch Definition And Meaning
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]

Hunch Definition And Meaning

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

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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