hunch
IPA: hˈʌntʃ
noun
- A hump; a protuberance.
- A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
- A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
- A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
- A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
verb
- (intransitive) To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
- (intransitive) To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
- (transitive) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
- (intransitive, colloquial) To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
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