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[ huhnch ] / hʌntʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hunch ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back. to shove, push, or jostle. verb (used without object)to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward. to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture. nouna premonition or suspicion; guess: I have a hunch he'll run for reelection. a hump. a push or shove. a lump or thick piece. Origin of hunch1590–1600; 1900–05 for def. 5; apparently variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick < ? SYNONYMS FOR hunch5 surmise, feeling, theory, conjecture. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hunch ON THESAURUS.COM WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hunchhaunch, hunch Words nearby hunchhumus, Humvee, Hun, Húna Bay, Hunan, hunch, hunchback, hunchbacked, hund., hundred, hundred and eighty degree turn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hunchAn x-ray two hours later confirms my hunch: my tibia (the big bone behind the shin) is snapped clean in two. You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the other hand, I have a hunch that Lady Gaga will pay some heavy dues for this career move. Can Lady Gaga Do Jazz?|Ted Gioia|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST My hunch is that when you look at their most competitive races, women are not necessarily in the mix this year. Michelle Obama and the Top Women Smashing Fundraising Records|Patricia Murphy|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I have a hunch that our collective adoration of OITNB outweighs the love for it, or even awareness of it, among Emmy voters. Emmys 2014: Who Will and Who Should Be Nominated|Kevin Fallon|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A federal agency simply has to “nominate” you if it has “reasonable suspicion”—which is slightly more than a hunch. Oregon Judge Grounds the Federal No-Fly List—and It’s High Time|Dean Obeidallah|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST I have a hunch that after eating a while in boarding houses a good home-cooked meal must be a welcome change. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station|Allen Chapman The words bosse and bossu (hunch and hunchback) have various idiomatic and proverbial applications in France. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848|Various The ploughboy understood them very well, for to have only a hunch of bread and little or no cheese was often his own case. Round About a Great Estate|Richard Jefferies Anyway, this fellow is no policeman, and I've just got a hunch I'd like to know something about him. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country|James B. Hendryx "Then I've a hunch that your hunch is a wrong one," said Ives. The Mystery|Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams
British Dictionary definitions for hunch
nounan intuitive guess or feeling another word for hump a lump or large piece verbto bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together (intr usually foll by up) to sit in a hunched position Word Origin for hunchC16: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hunchinstinct, premonition, intuition, inkling, stoop, huddle, squat, impression, foreboding, augury, portent, anticipation, hint, precognition, forecast, foreknowledge, suspicion, glimmer, presage, forewarning |