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hunch - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hunch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hunch [ n.]
- A hump; a protuberance.
- A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
- A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
2 . Hunch [ v. t.]
- To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
- To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.

Meaning of 'hunch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hunch [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an impression that something might be the case
Example in sentence:
  • he had an intuition that something had gone wrong