Hunch

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An intuitive feeling or a premonition: had a hunch that he would lose.
  • n. A hump.
  • n. A lump or chunk: "She . . . cut herself another hunch of breadā€ ( Virginia Woolf).
  • n. A push or shove.
  • v. To bend or draw up into a hump: I hunched my shoulders against the wind.
  • v. To push or shove.
  • verb-intransitive. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The cat hunched in a corner.
  • verb-intransitive. To thrust oneself forward.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
  • n. A theory, idea, or guess.
  • n. A hunk (piece of something)
  • v. To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
  • v. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
  • v. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hump; a protuberance.
  • n. A lump; a thick piece.
  • n. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
  • 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.
  • v. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
  • v. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hump; a protuberance: as, the hunch of a camel.
  • n. A thick piece; a hunk; a lump: as, a hunch of cheese.
  • n. A push or jog with the fist or elbow, or by a cow with the horn.
  • To round or thrust out or up in a protuberance; crook, as the back.
  • To push or thrust with the elbow or (as a cow) with the horn; jog; hook.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an impression that something might be the case
  • v. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
  • n. the act of bending yourself into a humped position
  • Verb Form
    hunched    hunches    hunching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    hunched    hunching   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hump    protuberance    lump    arch   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bunche    Munch    Punch    brunch    bunch    crunch    lunch    munch    punch    scrunch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    guess    premonition    intuition    surmise    presentiment