Definition of hunch Hunch
/hʌˈnʧ/ - [hunch] - hunch
We found 17 definitions of hunch from 6 different sources.
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What does hunch mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: hunches |
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| hunch - the act of bending yourself into a humped position | ||
| bending the act of bending something | ||
| hunch - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" | ||
| intuition, suspicion | ||
| belief, notion, feeling, opinion, impression any cognitive content held as true | ||
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| hunch - round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | ||
| hump, hunch forward, hunch over | ||
| change posture undergo a change in bodily posture | ||
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Wiktionary 
- hunch (Noun)
A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. - hunch (Noun)
A theory, idea, or guess. - hunch (Noun)
A hunk. - hunch (Verb)
To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean. - hunch (Verb)
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. - hunch (Verb)
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hunch (n.)
A hump; a protuberance. - hunch (n.)
A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread. - hunch (n.)
A push or thrust, as with the elbow. - hunch (v. t.)
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. - hunch (v. t.)
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hunch
An impression that something might be the case.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hunch
hunsh, n. a hump, esp. on the back: a lump.—n. Hunch′back, one with a hunch or lump on his back.—adj. Hunch′backed, having a humpback. [The nasalised form of hook; cog. with Ger. hucke, the bent back; cf. Scot. to hunker down, to sit on one's heels with the knees bent up towards the chin.]
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