Associations to the word «Hunched»

Wiktionary

HUNCH, noun. A hump; a protuberance.
HUNCH, noun. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
HUNCH, noun. A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
HUNCH, noun. A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
HUNCH, noun. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
HUNCH, verb. (intransitive) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
HUNCH, verb. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
HUNCH, verb. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
HUNCH CUDDY HUNCH, noun. (Scotland) A children's game involving piling up on people's backs.

Dictionary definition

HUNCH, noun. An impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong".
HUNCH, noun. The act of bending yourself into a humped position.
HUNCH, verb. Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward.

Wise words

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