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Synonyms
hunch (hŭnch)

[Origin unknown.]

noun 

  1. An intuitive feeling or a premonition: had a hunch that he would lose.
  2. A hump.
  3. A lump or chunk: “She . . . cut herself another hunch of bread” (Virginia Woolf)
  4. A push or shove.

verb: hunched, hunch·ing, hunch·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To bend or draw up into a hump: I hunched my shoulders against the wind.
  2. To push or shove.

intransitive verb 

  1. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The cat hunched in a corner.
  2. To thrust oneself forward.