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Aug 31, 2023 · huncher (plural hunchers) One who hunches or slouches over. One who has hunches, or makes intuitive guesses.
a piece of meat consisting of an animal's back leg and part of the back near the tail: a haunch of venison. on your haunches. balanced in a position with your feet on the ground, your legs bent and your bottom close to the ground: She was sitting on her haunches.
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Examples of haunch in a Sentence. squatted down on her haunches to get a better shot of the ducks with her camera. Recent Examples on the Web The stag stiffened, lowered its haunches, and rocketed through the woods behind me, outside the drive.
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Assibilated variant of hunk, of uncertain origin. Alternatively, a derivative of hump, via an earlier Middle English *hunche, *humpchin, from *hump + -chin, -chen (diminutive suffix), equivalent to hump + -kin. In the sense of an intuitive impression, said to be from the old gambling superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchba...
IPA(key): /hʌnt͡ʃ/, /hʌnʃ/Rhymes: -ʌntʃhunch (plural hunches) 1. A hump; a protuberance. 2. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. 2.1. The old man walked with a hunch. 3. A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen. 3.1. I have a hunchthey'll find a way to solve the problem. 4. A hunk; a lump; a thick piece. 4.1. a hunchof bread 4.1. 1925 July – 1926 Ma...
hunch (third-person singular simple present hunches, present participle hunching, simple past and past participle hunched) 1. (intransitive) To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders. 1.1. Synonyms: slouch, stoop, lean 1.2. Don't hunchover your computer if you want to avoid neck problems. 1.1. 1961, Muriel Spark, chapter 5...
play a hunch, play one's hunch, follow one's hunchnoun. 1. the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped. 2. the leg and loin of an animal, used for food. a haunch of venison. 3. Also called: hance architecture. the part of an arch between the impost and the apex.
Contents. HUNCH meaning: 1. a feeling or guess that something might be true, when there is no proof: 2. to stand or sit…. Learn more.
