hunch

hunch

 (hŭnch)

n.

1. An intuitive feeling or a premonition: had a hunch that he would lose.

2. A hump.

3. A lump or chunk: "She ... cut herself another hunch of bread" (Virginia Woolf).

4. A push or shove.

v. hunched, hunch·ing, hunch·es

v.tr.

1. To bend or draw up into a hump: I hunched my shoulders against the wind.

2. To push or shove.

v.intr.

1. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The cat hunched in a corner.

2. To thrust oneself forward.

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[Origin unknown.]

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hunch

(hʌntʃ)

n

1. an intuitive guess or feeling

2. another word for hump

3. a lump or large piece

vb

4. to bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together

5. (usually foll by: up) to sit in a hunched position

[C16: of unknown origin]

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hunch

(hʌntʃ)
v.t.

1. to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.

2. to shove, push, or jostle.

v.i.

3. to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.

4. to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.

n.

5. a premonition or suspicion; guess; theory.

6. a hump.

7. a push or shove.

8. a lump or thick piece.

[1590–1600; appar. variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick, of obscure orig.]

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hunch

Past participle: hunched
Gerund: hunching

Imperative

hunch

hunch

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hunch - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" suspicion, intuition impression, notion, belief, feeling, opinion - a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" heart, bosom - the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
	2.	hunch - the act of bending yourself into a humped position bending - the act of bending something
Verb	1.	hunch - round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward hump, hunch forward, hunch over change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture

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hunch

noun

1. feeling, idea, impression, suspicion, intuition, premonition, inkling, presentiment I had a hunch that we would work well together.

verb

1. crouch, bend, stoop, curve, arch, huddle, draw in, squat, hump He hunched over the map to read the small print.

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hunch

noun

1. Intuitive cognition:

feeling, idea, impression, intuition, suspicion.

2. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:

chunk, clod, clump, gob, lump, nugget, wad.

Informal: hunk.

verb

1. To stoop low with the limbs pulled in close to the body:

crouch, huddle, hunker (down), squat.

2. To incline the body:

arch, bend, bow, hump, scrunch, stoop.

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Translations

حَدَس، تَخْمين

podezřenítušení

fornemmelse

Ahnung

corazonada

aavistuskumara

intuition

grunur, hugboî

curvareimpressioneincurvare [le spalle]intuizionepresentimento

kupriusnujautimasnuojautasusikūprinęs

aizdomasnojauta

følelsemistanke

palpite

догадкаидея

önsezi

预感

hunch

[hʌntʃ]

A. N

1. (= idea) → corazonada f, presentimiento m
it's only a hunch → no es más que una corazonada or un presentimiento que tengo
I had a hunch → tuve una corazonada or un presentimiento
the detective had one of his hunches → el detective tuvo una de sus corazonadas

2. (Anat) = hump A1

B. VT (also hunch up) → encorvar
to hunch one's back → encorvarse

C. VI → encorvarse
to be hunched up → ser jorobado
to sit hunched up → estar sentado con el cuerpo doblado

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hunch

[ˈhʌntʃ]

n (= feeling) → intuition f
my hunch is that ... → quelque chose me dit que ...
to have a hunch that ... → avoir comme une vague idée que ...
to act on a hunch → suivre son intuition

vt
to hunch one's shoulders → se voûter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hunch

n

(= hump on sb’s back) → Buckel m

(= premonition) → Gefühl nt, → Ahnung f; to act on a hunch → einem inneren Gefühl zufolge handeln; to have a hunch that … → den (→ leisen (inf)) → Verdacht or das (leise) Gefühl haben, dass …; your hunch paid off → du hattest die richtige Ahnung, es hat sich gelohnt

vt (also hunch up) to hunch one’s back → einen Buckel machen, den Rücken krümmen; to hunch one’s shoulders → die Schultern hochziehen; to hunch oneself over something → sich über etw (acc) → beugen; he was hunched over his desk → er saß über seinen Schreibtisch gebeugt; hunched up in pain → vor Schmerzen gekrümmt

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hunch

:

hunchback

n (= person) → Buck(e)lige(r) mf; (= back) → Buckel m; The Hunchback of Notre Dame → der Glöckner von Notre-Dame

hunchbacked

adj → buck(e)lig

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hunch

[hʌntʃ]

1. n

a. (fam) (idea) → impressione f; (premonition) → intuizione f
I have a hunch that ... → ho la vaga impressione che...
she's acting on a hunch → sta andando a naso
to follow one's hunch → seguire il proprio fiuto

b. (hump) → gobba

2. vt (also hunch up) → incurvare

3. vi → star curvo/a
to sit hunched up → star seduto/a curvo/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hunch

(hantʃ) noun

an idea or belief based on one's feelings or suspicions rather than on clear evidence. I have a hunch he'll be late. voorgevoel حَدَس، تَخْمين предчувствие palpite tušení, podezření die Ahnung fornemmelse προαίσθημαidea, sospecha, corazonada eelaimus گمان aavistus intuitionהרגשה अंतर्ज्ञान slutnja gyanú dugaan, firasat grunur, hugboð sensazione, presentimento 第六感 예감, 육감 nuojauta, nujautimas nojauta; aizdomas gerak hati vermoedenanelse, følelse, mistankeprzeczucie ګمان palpite intu­i­ţie, presimţire чутьё tušenie, predtucha, podozrenie slutnja predosećanje aning, föraning, känsla ลางสังหรณ์ önsezi 預感 підозра; передчуття اندازہ ، احساس linh cảm 预感

ˈhunchback noun

a person with a hump on his back. boggelrug شَخْص أحْدَب гърбав човек corcunda hrbáč der/die Buckelige pukkelryg καμπούρηςjorobado küürakas آدم گوژپشت kyttyräselkä bossu/-ue גיבן कुबड़ा grbavac púpos ember orang bungkuk krypplingur gobbo せむし 곱사등이 kuprius kuprītis si bongkok bultenaar, gebocheldepukkelrygget person garbus ډوډتلی سړی corcunda cocoşat горбун hrbáč grbavec grbavac puckelrygg คนหลังค่อม kambur 駝背的人 горбань کبڑا آدمی người gù lưng 驼背者

ˈhunchbacked adjective

having a hump on one's back. geboggel أحْدَب، ذو حَدْبَه гърбав corcunda hrbatý buckelig pukkelrygget καμπούρηςjorobado küürus seljaga قوزدار kyttyräselkäinen bossu בַּעַל חֲטוֹטֶרֶת कूबड़ा grbav púpos bungkuk með herðakistil/kryppu gobbo せむしの 곱사등이의 kuprotas ar kupri; kuprains berbonggol gebocheldpukkelryggetgarbaty په شا کی وتلی برخه لرونکی corcunda cocoşat горбатый hrbatý grbav grbav puckelryggig หลังค่อม kamburu olan 駝背的 горбатий پیٹھ پر کب ہونا gù lưng, có bướu ở lưng 驼背的

hunched up

with one's back and shoulders bent forward. He sat hunched up near the fire. ineengekrimp مُقَوَّس الظَّهْر والكتفَيْن приведен curvado schoulený krümmen sammenkrøbet κουλουριασμένος encorvado, con el curpo doblado küürus قوز كرده kyyristyneenä voûté מְכּוּפַף मोड़ना, झुकाना zgrbljen, pogrbljen összegörnyedve membungkuk boginn í keng, samanhnipraður curvato 背を丸くして 어깨를 구부정하게 하다 susikūprinęs sakumpis membongkok gebogen sammenkrøket/-krøpet zgarbiony کږول curvado cocârjat сгорбившись schúlený zgrbljen zgrbiti se hopkrupen ค้อมตัว kamburunu çıkararak 背部和肩膀拱起 згорблений پیٹھ اور کندھے آگے جھکا کر بیٹھنا lom khom 耸起双肩

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