hunch
(Slang)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- feeling, idea, impression, inkling, intuition, premonition, presentiment, suspicion
[verb]
Synonyms:
- draw in, arch, bend, curve

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. hunch¹ /hʌntʃ/ noun [countable]
if you have a hunch that something is true or will happen, you feel that it is true or will happen ⇒ suspicion
have a hunch (that)
I had a hunch that something like this would happen.
sb’s hunch
My hunch is that she’s his mother.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. hunch² verb

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to bend down and forwards so that your back forms a curve
hunch over
He had to hunch over the steering wheel to see anything.

2. hunch your shoulders to raise your shoulders into a rounded shape because you are cold, anxious etc
—hunched adjective:
a hunched figure sitting by the fire

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hunch
noun
VERB + HUNCH have I had a hunch that she was not telling the truth.
act on, follow, play Acting on a hunch, I waited outside her house to see if she went out. I decided to follow my hunch and come and see you.
back, confirm They now have a database of information to back their hunches about customers' preferences.
PREP. on a ~ I phoned on a hunch to ask if they had any work for me.

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