hunch /hʌnt͡ʃ/verb 6noun 5forms 3phrases 1 verb6 •To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems. •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).They stood outside the door hunching themselves against the rain and puffing on their cigarettes.He hunched up his shoulders and stared down at the ground. •To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back. •To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.[…] the figure hunched up the road. — 1955 •(informal) To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.People who are instinctive hunchers go through some such process at every decision-making point of their lives. It is likely that children often make decisions and discern truths by hunching. — 2010 •To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).After this, we saw a great Troop of Women upon the High-way to Hell, with their Bags; and their fellows, at their Heels, ever, and anon, hunching, and Justling one Another. — 1667 noun5 •A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.I've learned to trust my hunches. •A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.The old man walked with a hunch. •A hump; a protuberance. •A hunk; a lump; a thick piece."The greedy little bastards! They had a 'unch of bread each when I 'ad my dinner." — 1925 •A push or thrust, as with the elbow. formshunched · hunching · hunches Phrases with hunch hunch overTo slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
