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Word: Hunch
Speech Type: Verb
late 15th century: of unknown origin. The original meaning was ‘push, shove’ (noun and verb), a sense retained now in Scots as a noun, and in US dialect as a verb. Sense 1 of the noun derives probably from a US sense of the verb ‘nudge someone in order to draw attention to something’
hʌn(t)ʃ
raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward
Short Definition:raise shoulders and bend forward
Examples:- Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow
Word: Hunch
Speech Type: Noun
hʌn(t)ʃ
a feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact
Short Definition:feeling or guess based on intuition
Examples:- I have a hunch that someone is telling lies
a humped position or thing
Short Definition:humped position
Examples:- the hunch of his back
a thick piece; a hunk
Short Definition:thick piece
Examples:- a hunch of bread
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