HUNCH
\hˈʌnt͡ʃ], \hˈʌntʃ], \h_ˈʌ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of HUNCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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arch one's back
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the act of bending yourself up together
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an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
By Princeton University
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arch one's back
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the act of bending yourself up together
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an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
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A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
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To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
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To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
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A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; - said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback.
By Oddity Software
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A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
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A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
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To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
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To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
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A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; - said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A protuberance; lump; hump.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald