Meaning hunch
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hunch"raise or bend into a hump," 1650s; earlier "to push, thrust" (c. 1500), of unknown origin. Perhaps a variant of bunch (v.). Related: Hunched; hunching.
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hunch1620s, "a push, thrust," from hunch (v.) in its older sense. Figurative sense of "a hint, a tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that [..]
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hunchintuition: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" round one's back by bending forward and drawing the [..]
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hunch(n) an impression that something might be the case(n) the act of bending yourself into a humped position(v) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
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