Meaning

A hump; a protuberance..

Definitions by Sense

1. A hump; a protuberance.
2. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
3. A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
4. A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
5. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
6. (intransitive) To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
7. (transitive) To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
8. (intransitive) To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.

Example Sentences

The old man walked with a hunch.

I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.

a hunch of bread

"The greedy little bastards! They had a 'unch of bread each when I 'ad my dinner."

Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.

Sandy, you will never get anywhere by hunching over your putter, hold your shoulders back and bend from the waist.

She rolled over and hunched into a fetal position.

They stood outside the door hunching themselves against the rain and puffing on their cigarettes.

Word Forms

• hunches
• hunching
• hunched

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Use hunch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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