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Definitions for Hunched

[1] to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
[2] to shove, push, or jostle.
[3] to thrust oneself forward jerkily; lunge forward.
[4] to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.
[5] a premonition or suspicion; guess: I have a hunch he'll run for reelection.
[6] a hump.
[7] a push or shove.
[8] a lump or thick piece.
[9] an intuitive guess or feeling
[10] another word for hump
[11] a lump or large piece
[12] to bend or draw (oneself or a part of the body) up or together
[13] (intr usually foll by up ) to sit in a hunched position

Words related to Hunched

hunchstoop, huddle, squat, lean, hump, curve, bow, tense, bend, arch

Words nearby Hunched

hunchhumus, humvee, hun, hun-tun, hunan, hunch, hunchback, hunchback of notre dame, the, hunchbacked, hund., hundred

Origin of Hunched

1590–1600; 1900–05 for def 5 ; apparently variant of obsolete hinch to push, shove, kick < ?

Words that may be confused with Hunched

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, hunchhaunch, hunch

Word origin for Hunched

C16: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Hunched

huddle, squat, stoop, arch, bend, bow, curve, hump, lean, tense, draw in, draw together, scrooch down