Hunch - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |hʌntʃ|  American pronunciation of the word hunch
Brit.  |hʌn(t)ʃ|  British pronunciation of the word hunch

noun

- an impression that something might be the case (syn: intuition, suspicion)
- the act of bending yourself into a humped position

verb

- round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward (syn: hump)

Extra examples

He hunched his shoulders as he headed out into the storm.

...he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen...

My hunch is that the stock is going to go up in value.

“How did you know I'd be here?” “It was just a hunch.”

I have a hunch that she will not come.

She did it on a hunch.

Try not to sit with your shoulders hunched up like that, it's bad for your neck muscles.

She sat by the grave, hunched up with grief.

The kitten hunched in a corner.

I had a hunch that something like this would happen.

My hunch is that she's his mother.

He had to hunch over the steering wheel to see anything.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: hunch
he/she/it: hunches
present participle: hunching
past tense: hunched
past participle: hunched
noun
singular: hunch
plural: hunches
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