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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : huhnch
Phonetic Transcription : hʌntʃ



Definition of hunch

Origin :
  • originally (c.1500) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1670s. Perhaps a variant of bunch. The noun is attested from 1620s, originally "a push, thrust." Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904).
  • noun feeling, idea
  • verb cower, crouch
Example sentences :
  • Then she cut a hunch off a great loaf, and put it beside the bowl on the dresser.
  • Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
  • There must be some kind of head-an'-tail to the scent, that a-way, to give the dog the hunch.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • But again that unexplainable, senseless "hunch" restrained him.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • I always had a hunch that I would never play wig and ruffles.
  • Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess
  • I had a hunch, and this astronomer chap has proved it correct with his mathematics.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • It's what we call a hunch—coincidence or anything like that.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • I should not wonder if there were a hunch of bread and cheese beside it, said Whiskerandos.
  • Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.
  • I have a hunch that the Rovers are watching us like a cat watches mice.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • My hunch is, though, that we're going to be nudists whether we want to or not.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • “There you are again,” broke in Dicky, cutting himself a hunch of cake.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

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