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hunch
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. arch one's back [syn: hump , hunch forward , hunch over ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
originally (c.1500) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1670s. Perhaps a variant of bunch . The noun is attested from 1620s, originally "a push, thrust." Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hunch your shoulders (= raise your shoulders and bend them forwards slightly ) ▪ He hunched his shoulders against the rain. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ "How did you know the answer?" "I just had a hunch about it." ...
Usage examples of hunch.
The evening air had cooled considerably, and Ace sat hunched close to the campfire.
Third Century of the Tenth Cohort, Gnaeus, Clodius Afer, hunching along the rampart.
Then the memory passed and Alman, weak from privations and older than his years, hunched in on himself in a series of racking coughs.
Then the memory passed and Alman, weak from privations and older than his years, hunched in on himself in a series of wracking coughs.
When a bold hunch leads them from a wild murder investigation to a red-hot love affair, Amaryllis is shocked, Lucas is delighted-- and no power on heaven, earth or St.
She knew that to the men and women hunched over the table, debating with Aum, she was more or less invisible.
Merc noticed the impression that Mada had made on Ave, and he hunched his back even more as he bent down to speak.
Marilee said defensively, hunching her shoulders as she stirred with much more aggression than necessary, making a few splatters, while Axel choked dramatically.
But his hunch was that, if an ego-field were ever going to inhabit the Bauble, it would have done so before now.
Hunched in the dirt in a corner of the cook dugout, more tortured by the food smells than by the ropes cutting his ankles and wrists, Berel Jastrow takes one look at her face and decides to gamble.
The Gopher borer sat hunched down on the surface outside the dome, and the dozers were still clearing the huge masses of pulverized rock the Gopher had heaved back toward the surface.
There were small round tables, low backless stools for jazz buffs to sit on with knees hunched, and a bossa nova trio consisting of guitar, bass, and drums.
Trigger, playing hunches only, was miles wide in his basic belief that Brye had not been in Vreekill Castle at all.
My hunch is that our space friends determined the position of the cache just recently.
Tom Cadge had hunched down into his blankets, shivering, his head completely covered, like a child trying to hide from the monsters in the dark.