hunch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an impression that something might be the case
    intuition; suspicion.
    • he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
  2. noun the act of bending yourself into a humped position
  3. verb round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
    hump; hunch forward; hunch over.

WordNet

Hunch noun
Etymology
Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch, hunk.
Definitions
  1. A hump; a protuberance.
  2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
  3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
Hunch transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hunched ; present participle & verbal noun Hunching
Definitions
  1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
  2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.

Webster 1913