'Hunch' definitions:
Definition of 'hunch'
(from WordNet)
noun
An impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition, hunch, suspicion]
noun
The act of bending yourself into a humped position
verb
Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward [syn: hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over]
Definition of 'Hunch'
From: GCIDE
- Hunch \Hunch\, n. [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch, hunk.]
- 1. A hump; a protuberance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; -- said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback. [Colloq. or Slang] "Get a hunch, bet a bunch."
- Syn: presentiment, premonition. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Definition of 'Hunch'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'hunch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bilge,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blind guess,
- blister,
- blob,
- bold conjecture,
- boss,
- bow,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- button,
- cahot,
- chine,
- chunk,
- clod,
- clump,
- condyle,
- conjecture,
- convex,
- cower,
- cringe,
- crook,
- crouch,
- curl,
- curve,
- decurve,
- deflect,
- dome,
- dowel,
- ear,
- embow,
- feeling,
- flange,
- flap,
- flex,
- foreboding,
- forefeeling,
- funny feeling,
- gall,
- get down,
- gnarl,
- gob,
- grovel,
- guess,
- handle,
- hill,
- hook,
- huddle,
- hump,
- hunch down,
- hunk,
- impression,
- incurvate,
- incurve,
- inflect,
- intimation,
- intuition,
- intuitive impression,
- jog,
- joggle,
- knob,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- lip,
- loop,
- lump,
- mole,
- mountain,
- nevus,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- nugget,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- perhaps,
- preapprehension,
- prediction,
- premonition,
- presage,
- presagement,
- presentiment,
- recurve,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- retroflex,
- rib,
- ridge,
- ring,
- rough guess,
- round,
- sag,
- scrouch down,
- shot,
- shoulder,
- speculation,
- spine,
- squat,
- stab,
- stoop,
- stud,
- style,
- surmise,
- suspicion,
- swag,
- sweep,
- tab,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- turn,
- unverified supposition,
- vague feeling,
- vague idea,
- vault,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- wad,
- wale,
- wallow,
- wart,
- welt,
- welter,
- wild guess,
- wind