hunch

/hʌntʃ/ · noun

Meaning

A hump; a protuberance.
A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

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