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verb

ˈhənch How to pronounce hunch (audio)
Definition of hunchnext
as in to crouch
to lie low with the limbs close to the body he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen

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noun

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as in theory

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as in hump

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as in idea

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Recent Examples of hunch
Verb
Songs were deconstructed and reconstructed each night as the pair hunched over their blinking arrays. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026 Hearing the 911 call for the first time, Lindsay Clancy was hunched over the defense table. — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Noun
Shoulder blade squeezes, pulling the shoulder blades together and holding for a few seconds, counteract the forward hunch that builds up during long screen sessions. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 For years this was a hunch with no paper trail. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hunch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunch
  1. crouch
  2. theory
  3. hump
  4. idea
  5. huddle
  6. guess
  7. growth
  8. notion
Verb
  • Body camera video of the July 2024 encounter showed Massey crouching in her kitchen and apologizing moments before Grayson shot her in the face.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Davis was captured on cell phone video, crouching over French’s body, hysterically telling responding cops to stay away from him.
    — Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of crouch
Noun
  • The lipstick index is an economic theory holding that sales of affordable discretionary spending or luxuries skyrocket when consumers believe an economic recession is impending.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Yet Turing’s theory of computation wasn’t really about computers, at least not at first.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of theory
Noun
  • Campbell’s charge, then, was to get the Nittany Lions over the Mount Nittany-sized hump that squandered every season.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • On Laurel Street, a short residential thoroughfare, speeds fell from between 25 to 30 mph to less than 20 mph after speed humps were added.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hump
Noun
  • These days, no one, including the coaches themselves, has any idea who is or is not eligible to be a college athlete.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
  • May 21 – June 20 A group idea can get moving once someone names the next step.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of idea
Verb
  • Welding classes used to have students huddled behind a teacher who demonstrated a technique, Estrada said.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • During a brief courtroom break to address an audio issue, Lutnick huddled with DOJ lawyers.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of huddle
Noun
  • Markets will certainly try to anticipate Fed actions, based on economic data and our guess about how the Fed will respond to new data.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Whether or not the man who lost his three children will continue to be abused online is anyone’s guess.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of guess
Noun
  • His core economic platform focuses on reshaping Britain's growth model through regional devolution, skills system reforms, and regional re-industrialization.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That approach has led him to bet on sectors from defense to life sciences, and trends like the growth of India’s middle class.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of growth
Noun
  • None of these ideas were invented by Instagram or by women alone; the concept of the attention economy dates to the early 1970s, and the notion that no press is bad press has existed since the 19th century.
    — Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
  • What’s most difficult about this is the notion it was never supposed to be this way.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of notion

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“Hunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunch. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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