English noun: hunch | |||
1. | hunch (cognition) an impression that something might be the case | ||
Samples | He had an intuition that something had gone wrong. | ||
Synonyms | intuition, suspicion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bosom, heart | ||
2. | hunch (act) the act of bending yourself into a humped position | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bending | ||
English verb: hunch | |||
1. | hunch (motion) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | ||
Synonyms | hump, hunch forward, hunch over | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change posture | ||
Entail | bend, flex | ||