hunch🔊

A hump; a protuberance.

A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.

A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.

A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.

A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders. +

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).

To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders. +

To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.

To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone). +

(colloquial) To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.