to hunch

Definition of to hunch in English English dictionary: If you have a hunch about something, you are sure that it is correct or true, even though you do not have any proof. I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together; {v} to push with the elbow, strike, raise, crook; To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly; A theory, idea, or guess; arch one's back; A hump; a protuberance; A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback; If you hunch your shoulders, you raise them and lean forwards slightly. Wes hunched his shoulders and leaned forward on the edge of the counter. 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); the act of bending yourself up together arch one's back; {f} push out or up to create a hump, arch in a convex manner; bend down, crouch, stoop down; shove, push; A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread; A stooped or curled posture; a slouch; If you hunch forward, you raise your shoulders, put your head down, and lean forwards, often because you are cold, ill, or unhappy. He got out his map of Yorkshire and hunched over it to read the small print; To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean; the act of bending yourself up together; an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"; {i} hump; protuberance; thick piece; protrusion; push, thrust; feeling, premonition, intuition, gut feeling; A push or thrust, as with the elbow; To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back