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[ US /ˈhəntʃ/ ]
[ UK /hˈʌnt‍ʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
NOUN
  1. the act of bending yourself into a humped position
  2. an impression that something might be the case
    he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

How To Use hunch In A Sentence

  • And thus the Washington Post column on David's congressional testimony, where he is described "hunched" and said to have "barked," "growled" and "snarled" -- language you would use to describe an animal. Humanizing al Qaeda, Demonizing the Bush Team
  • But he is still notably dishier than anyone who spends all day hunched at a desk could hope for. Times, Sunday Times
  • We should be basing our decisions on solid facts, not inclinations and hunches.
  • She hunched over the desk(Sentence dictionary), telephone cradled at her neck.
  • They are insectoid creatures, hunched over and scuttling, with writhing tentacles where their mouth should be and a grunting, clicking language. WATCHING: District 9
  • I am hunched against the biting wind, and all my possessions are next to me in a battered suitcase.
  • Sarah Pickin, 23, spotted the ancient piece of "confectionery" during a dig in north-west Finland, but had to check with colleagues whether her hunch was correct or if it was in fact a fossilised piece of animal dung. Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum | Impact Lab
  • Harriet slouched until she was almost hunchbacked, wearing boy's clothes, unironed and grubby.
  • I visited the NTL Web site and entered my postcode-to-be to see if my hunch was right.
  • The term presentiment suggests a sense of foreboding, a vague feeling of danger, an intuitive hunch that something not quite right is about to unfold. ENTANGLED MINDS
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