hunchnoun [ C ]
uk/hʌntʃ/us/hʌntʃ/an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof:
[ + that ] I had a hunch that you'd be here.
Sometimes you have to be prepared to act on/follow a hunch.
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Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- ominous
- projection
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scenario
- scent
- visionary
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Ideas, concepts and theories
hunchverb [ I or T ]
uk/hʌntʃ/us/hʌntʃ/to lean forward with your shoulders raised or to bend your back and shoulders into a rounded shape:
We hunched round the fire to keep warm.
Stand up straight and don't hunch your back.
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Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double (sb) up/over
- huddle
- huddled
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- scrunch
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
hunched
adjective uk/hʌntʃt/us/hʌntʃt/
Sitting hunched over a computer all day can cause problems.