n. | 1. | A hump; a protuberance. |
2. | A lump; a thick piece; | |
3. | A push or thrust, as with the elbow. | |
4. | 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. | |
v. t. | 1. | To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. |
2. | To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. |
Noun | 1. | hunch - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" |
2. | hunch - the act of bending yourself up together | |
Verb | 1. | hunch - arch one's back |