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hunch. verb [ 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of HUNCH is to push or put (someone or something) in a rough, careless, or hasty manner : thrust, shove. How to use hunch in a sentence.
When you have a hunch about something, you think it might be true. Your dog bolts over the fence, and you have a hunch he's heading for the neighbor who feeds him pâté. Hunch is an odd word of unknown origin, which seems to have originally meant "to push or shove" — to nudge.
Hunch definition: to thrust out or up in a hump; arch. See examples of HUNCH used in a sentence.
HUNCH meaning: 1. an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof: 2. to lean forward with your…. Learn more.
1. an intuitive guess or feeling. 2. another word for hump. 3. a lump or large piece. vb. 4. to bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together. 5. (usually foll by: up) to sit in a hunched position.
If you have a hunch about something, you are sure that it is correct or true, even though you do not have any proof. I had a hunch that she and I would work well together. American English : hunch / ˈhʌntʃ /
Definition of hunch noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
HUNCH meaning: 1. a feeling or guess that something might be true, when there is no proof: 2. to stand or sit…. Learn more.
Hunch Definition. A hump. A guess or feeling not based on known facts; premonition or suspicion. A chunk; lump; hunk. A push or shove. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. The old man walked with a hunch. To draw (one's body, etc.) up so as to form a hump; arch into a hump. To move forward jerkily; push; shove.
