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 Definitions of hunch  [ʌntʃ]  

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Definition of 'hunch' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) hunch
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch:
to hunch one's back.

2.  hunch
to shove, push, or jostle.

3. (v.i.) hunch
to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.

4.  hunch
to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.

5. (n.) hunch
a premonition or suspicion; guess; theory.

6.  hunch
a hump.

7.  hunch
a push or shove.

8.  hunch
a lump or thick piece.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; appar. var. of obs. hinch to push, shove, kick, of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'hunch' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) intuition, hunch, suspicion
an impression that something might be the case
"he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

2. (verb) hunch
the act of bending yourself into a humped position

3. (verb) hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over
round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward


Definition of 'hunch' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) hunch
a feeling, not based on evidence, that sth is true
I had a hunch that I'd find you here.

2. (verb) hunch
to sit or stand with your shoulders curved tightly inward
people at the bus stop hunched against the cold wind; He sat hunched over a book.


Definition of 'hunch' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) hunch
a hump; a protuberance

2. (noun) hunch
a lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread

3. (noun) hunch
a push or thrust, as with the elbow

4. (verb) hunch
to push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly

5. (verb) hunch
to thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back


Translation of 'hunch' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an idea or belief based on one's feelings or suspicions rather than on clear evidence
I have a hunch he'll be late.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorgevoel Arabic flag Arabic: حَدَس، تَخْمين Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: предчувствие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: palpite Czech flag Czech: tušení, podezření German flag German: die Ahnung
Danish flag Danish: fornemmelse Greek flag Greek: προαίσθημα Spanish flag Spanish: idea, sospecha, corazonad
Estonian flag Estonian: eelaimus Farsi flag Farsi: گمان Finnish flag Finnish: aavistus
French flag French: intuition Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַרגָשָה Hindi flag Hindi: अंतर्ज्ञान
Croatian flag Croatian: slutnja Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyanú Indonesian flag Indonesian: dugaan, firasat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: grunur, hugboð Italian flag Italian: sensazione, presentimento Japanese flag Japanese: 第六感
Korean flag Korean: 예감, 육감 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuojauta, nujautimas Latvian flag Latvian: nojauta; aizdomas
Malay flag Malay: gerak hati Dutch flag Dutch: vermoeden Norwegian flag Norwegian: anelse, følelse (av), mis
Polish flag Polish: przeczucie Persian flag Persian: گمان Pashto flag Pashto: ګمان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: palpite Romanian flag Romanian: intu­i­ţie, presimţire Russian flag Russian: чутьё
Slovak flag Slovak: tušenie, predtucha, podoz Slovenian flag Slovenian: slutnja Serbian flag Serbian: predosećanje
Swedish flag Swedish: aning, föraning, känsla Thai flag Thai: ลางสังหรณ์ Turkish flag Turkish: önsezi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 預感 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підозра; передчуття Urdu flag Urdu: اندازہ ، احساس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: linh cảm Chinese flag Chinese: 预感

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