hunch

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Synonyms: bunch, munch, punch, hutch, hench, hulch, haunch, runch, wunch, lunch, gunch

Antonyms: bunch, munch, punch, hutch, hench, hulch, haunch, runch, wunch, lunch, gunch

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Noun

1. A [[hump]]; a [[protuberance]].
2. A [[stoop]]ed or [[curl]]ed [[posture]]; a [[slouch]].
3. A [[theory]], [[idea]], or [[guess]]; an [[intuitive]] [[impression]] that something will happen.
4. A [[hunk]]; a lump; a thick piece.
5. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To bend the top of one's body forward while [[raise|raising]] one's shoulders.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} 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]]).
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[walk]] (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[thrust]] a [[hump]] or [[protuberance]] out of (something); to [[crook]], as the back.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[push]] or [[jostle]] with the [[elbow]]; to push or thrust against (someone).
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|colloquial}} To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

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