Meaning & use
hunch
A feeling or guess about something based on intuition rather than solid facts or evidence.
See it in a sentence
She had a hunch that the missing keys were somewhere in the coat she'd worn yesterday.
Acting on a hunch, the detective returned to the abandoned warehouse for a second look.
A note on using this word
As a verb, hunch means to bend the shoulders and back forward, as in hunch over a desk, an unrelated physical sense.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To bend the body forward, rounding the back and shoulders, often from tiredness or to peer closely at something.
He hunched over his laptop for hours, trying to finish the report before midnight.
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