HUNCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does hunch mean?
• HUNCH (noun)
The noun HUNCH has 2 senses:
1. an impression that something might be the case
2. the act of bending yourself up together
Familiarity information: HUNCH used as a noun is rare.
• HUNCH (verb)
The verb HUNCH has 1 sense:
1. arch one's back
Familiarity information: HUNCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HUNCH (noun)
Meaning:
An impression that something might be the case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
hunch; suspicion; intuition
Context example:
he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
Hypernyms ("hunch" is a kind of...):
belief; feeling; impression; notion; opinion (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hunch"):
bosom; heart (the locus of feelings and intuitions)
Meaning:
The act of bending yourself up together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hunch" is a kind of...):
bending (the act of bending something)
• HUNCH (verb)
Meaning:
Arch one's back
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
hump; hunch; hunch forward; hunch over
Hypernyms (to "hunch" is one way to...):
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
"Hunch" entails doing...:
bend; flex (form a curve)
Sentence frame:
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