Definition of Hunch

1. Noun. An impression that something might be the case. "He had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

Exact synonyms: Intuition, Suspicion
Generic synonyms: Belief, Feeling, Impression, Notion, Opinion
Specialized synonyms: Bosom, Heart
Derivative terms: Intuit, Suspect

2. Verb. Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward.
Exact synonyms: Hump, Hunch Forward, Hunch Over
Generic synonyms: Change Posture
Entails: Bend, Flex
Derivative terms: Hump

3. Noun. The act of bending yourself into a humped position.
Generic synonyms: Bending

Definition of Hunch

1. n. A hump; a protuberance.

2. v. t. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.

3. 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.

Definition of Hunch

1. Noun. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. ¹

2. Noun. A theory, idea, or guess. ¹

3. Noun. A hunk (piece of something) ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean. ¹

5. Verb. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. ¹

6. Verb. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hunch

1. to arch forward [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunch

humstrum
humstrums
humuhumu
humuhumunukunukuapuaa
humuhumunukunukuapuaas
humulene cyclase
humulin
humulus
humungous
humus
humuses
humusy
humvee
humvees
hun
hunch (current term)
hunch cuddy hunch
hunch forward
hunch over
hunchback
hunchbacked
hunchbacks
hunched
hunches
hunching
hunchs
hunchunite
hundial
hundials
hundred

Literary usage of Hunch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tuscan Cities by William Dean Howells (1885)
"cried the hunch hackling, passionately. " I have promised," I falter. " One must keep one's promises, ... Oh, you are right, you are right," said the hunch- ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"hunch-backed occurs in the later quarto edd. of Shak. Rich. Ill, iv. 4. ... 'Thy crooked mind within hunch'd out thy back;' Dryden, qu. in Todd (no ..."

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