hunch meaning

hunch as a noun

1. an impression that something might be the case
   • he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

   Synonyms: intuition, suspicion

   Type of: impression

   Kinds: heart

2. the act of bending yourself into a humped position

   Type of: bending

hunch as a verb

1. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

   Synonyms: hump, hunch forward, hunch over

   Type of: change posture

How to pronounce hunch

hunch is pronounced /hʌntʃ/ in British English and /hʌntʃ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with hunch

• bunch
• punch
• lunch
• crunch
• munch
• brunch
• scrunch