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hunch definition

hunch (hunc̸h)

transitive verb

to draw (one's body, etc.) up so as to form a hump; arch into a hump

Etymology: < ?

intransitive verb

  1. to move forward jerkily; push; shove
  2. to sit or stand with the back arched

noun

  1. a hump
  2. a chunk; lump; hunk
  3. ☆ a guess or feeling not based on known facts; premonition or suspicion: from the superstition that it brings good luck to touch a hunchback

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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