hunch

Etymology
Assibilated variant of, of uncertain origin.

Alternatively, a derivative of, via an earlier Middle English , , from , equivalent to. In the sense of an intuitive impression, said to be from the old gambling superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback.

Noun

 * 1) A hump; a protuberance.
 * 2) A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
 * 3) A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
 * 4) A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
 * 5) A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
 * 1) A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
 * 2) A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
 * 1) A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
 * 1) A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: donqa
 * Bulgarian: гърбица
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ĝibo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian: gibbo
 * Latin: gibbus, gibber
 * Macedonian: гр́пка
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: изгърбване
 * Dutch: gekromde houding, kromme rug
 * Finnish:
 * German: gekrümmte Haltung, krummer Rücken
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: hokinn
 * Macedonian: подгрбу́вање
 * Russian: сутулая поза
 * Uzbek:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: tušení, předtucha,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: תְּחוּשַׁת בֶּטֶן
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: tuaileas
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: пре́тчувство
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, pálpito,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kutob
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Uzbek:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: dickes Stück
 * Macedonian: па́рче


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
 * 2)  To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
 * 3) * 1938,, New York: Scribner, Chapter17,
 * He would hunch his twisted body close and put out his gentle and crooked hand and touch the fawn.
 * 1)  To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
 * 2) * 1983,, , Spatterlight Press, 2012, Chapter18,
 * wheezing and grunting he hunched across the room.
 * 1)  To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
 * 2)  To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
 * 3)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1) * 1938,, New York: Scribner, Chapter17,
 * He would hunch his twisted body close and put out his gentle and crooked hand and touch the fawn.
 * 1)  To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
 * 2) * 1983,, , Spatterlight Press, 2012, Chapter18,
 * wheezing and grunting he hunched across the room.
 * 1)  To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
 * 2)  To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
 * 3)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * wheezing and grunting he hunched across the room.
 * 1)  To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
 * 2)  To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
 * 3)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
 * 1)  To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: прегърбвам се
 * Czech: ohnout se, hrbit se, shrbit se, nahrbit se
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: се на́ведне, се подгр́бави, грба́вее
 * Maori: whakahake
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: köyristää
 * Macedonian: подгр́бави, и́скриви


 * Finnish:, , ,