hunch
pronunciation
How to pronounce hunch in British English:
UK [hʌntʃ]
How to pronounce hunch in American English:
US [hʌntʃ]
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- Noun:
- an impression that something might be the case
- the act of bending yourself up together
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- Verb:
- arch one's back
Word Origin
- hunch
- originally (c. 1500) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1670s. Perhaps a variant of bunch. The noun is attested from 1620s, originally "a push, thrust." Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904).
Example
- 1. But my hunch is that memories are short .
- 2. But we play anyway because hope is an irrational hunch .
- 3. My hunch is no , for three reasons .
- 4. Globally , I have a hunch this will also be true for tablets .
- 5. My hunch is that events will sort out many of these features .