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- Dictionaryhunch/hʌn(t)ʃ/
verb
- 1. raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward: "Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact: "I have a hunch that someone is telling lies" Similar
- 2. a humped position or thing: "the hunch of his back" Similar
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HUNCH definition: 1. an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof: 2. to lean forward with your…. Learn more.
The meaning of HUNCH is to push or put (someone or something) in a rough, careless, or hasty manner : thrust, shove. How to use hunch in a sentence.
HUNCH meaning: 1. an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof: 2. to lean forward with your…. Learn more.
Hunch definition: to thrust out or up in a hump; arch. See examples of HUNCH used in a sentence.
1. an intuitive guess or feeling. 2. another word for hump. 3. a lump or large piece. vb. 4. to bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together. 5. (usually foll by: up) to sit in a hunched position.
When you have a hunch about something, you think it might be true. Your dog bolts over the fence, and you have a hunch he's heading for the neighbor who feeds him pâté. Hunch is an odd word of unknown origin, which seems to have originally meant "to push or shove" — to nudge.
Definition of hunch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.