Hunch

Quick meaning: Hunch is a noun meaning A hump; a protuberance.

Meaning

A hump; a protuberance.

More Meanings

1. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
2. A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
3. A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
4. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
5. (intransitive) To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
6. (intransitive) To walk (somewhere) while hunching 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).

Example Sentences

a hunch of bread

The old man walked with a hunch.

She rolled over and hunched into a fetal position.

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

Word Forms

• hunches
• hunching
• hunched

Synonyms for hunch

Depending on context, synonyms include hint, clue, inkling, slouch, stoop, lean.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hump, intuition, suspicion, bump, glimmer, flavour.

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