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| hunch [ hunch ] |
noun (plural hunch·es) |
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1. feeling: an intuitive feeling about something
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2. stoop: a curved posture of the body with the head down and shoulders forward
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3. medicine
Same as humpn (sense 2)
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4. piece: a large lump or slice of something
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verb (past and past participle hunched, present participle hunch·ing, 3rd person present singular hunch·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb bend upper body forward: to bend the head down and the shoulders forward, e.g. because of bad posture, illness, or the cold
  a typist hunching over the keyboard
hunched her shoulders against the wind
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2. transitive verb push or shove somebody: to push or jostle somebody
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3. intransitive verb move forward clumsily: to lunge forward in a clumsy manner
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| [15th century. Origin ?] |
