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hunch

noun verb

the act of bending yourself into a humped position

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Word length
5
Starts with
H
Ends with
H
Contains
UN
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

hʌntʃ

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Definitions

noun

  1. the act of bending yourself into a humped position

noun

  1. an impression that something might be the case

    “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”

verb

  1. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

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Example Sentences

he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

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