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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an impression that something might be the case;
- Example: "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
[syn: intuition, hunch, suspicion]

2. the act of bending yourself into a humped position;


VERB (1)

1. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward;
[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. [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]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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]