Definitions for hunch

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Spelling: [huhnch]

IPA: /hʌntʃ/

Hunch is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in hunch (chhnu).

Definitions for hunch

noun

1. a premonition or suspicion; guess:
2. a hump.
3. a push or shove.
4. a lump or thick piece.

verb (used with object)

1. to thrust out or up in a hump; arch:
2. to shove, push, or jostle.

verb (used without object)

1. to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.
2. to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.

Origin of hunch

1590-1600; 1900-05 for def 5; apparently variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick

Examples for hunch

A federal agency simply has to “nominate” you if it has “reasonable suspicion”—which is slightly more than a hunch.

But again that unexplainable, senseless "hunch" restrained him.

On the other hand, I have a hunch that Lady Gaga will pay some heavy dues for this career move.

I always had a hunch that I would never play wig and ruffles.

I had a hunch, and this astronomer chap has proved it correct with his mathematics.

I have a hunch that our collective adoration of OITNB outweighs the love for it, or even awareness of it, among Emmy voters.

An x-ray two hours later confirms my hunch: my tibia (the big bone behind the shin) is snapped clean in two.

There must be some kind of head-an'-tail to the scent, that a-way, to give the dog the hunch.

Then she cut a hunch off a great loaf, and put it beside the bowl on the dresser.

My hunch is that when you look at their most competitive races, women are not necessarily in the mix this year.