[syn: hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hunch \Hunch\, n. [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch,
hunk.]
1. A hump; a protuberance.
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2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
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3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
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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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hunch \Hunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hunching.]
1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust
suddenly.
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2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the
back. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hunch
n 1: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition,
hunch, suspicion]
2: the act of bending yourself into a humped position
v 1: round one's back by bending forward and drawing the
shoulders forward [syn: hunch, hump, hunch forward,
hunch over]