Hunch

Noun

 * 1) A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
 * The old man walked with a hunch.
 * 1) A theory, idea, or guess.
 * I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.

Verb

 * 1)  To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
 * Do not hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.

Verbs for Hunch
believe in—; consider—; contemplate—; deal in —s; follow—; heed—; indulge in—; inspire with—; mark—; observe—; pursue ; stake on—; submit to—; trust—; —implies; —hints; —proves; —suggests.

Synonyms for Hunch
premonition, impression, feeling, presentiment, suspicion, omen, intuition.

Thesaurus
arch, bend, bend back, bilge, blain, bleb, blind guess, blister, blob, bold conjecture, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, chine, chunk, clod, clump, condyle, conjecture, convex, cower, cringe, crook, crouch, curl, curve, decurve, deflect, dome, dowel, ear, embow, feeling, flange, flap, flex, foreboding, forefeeling, funny feeling, gall, get down, gnarl, gob, grovel, guess, handle, hill, hook, huddle, hump, hunch down, hunk, impression, incurvate, incurve, inflect, intimation, intuition, intuitive impression, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip, loop, lump, mole, mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, nugget, papilloma, peg, perhaps, preapprehension, prediction, premonition, presage, presagement, presentiment, recurve, reflect, reflex, retroflex, rib, ridge, ring, rough guess, round, sag, scrouch down, shot, shoulder, speculation, spine, squat, stab, stoop, stud, style, surmise, suspicion, swag, sweep, tab, tubercle, tubercule, turn, unverified supposition, vague feeling, vague idea, vault, verruca, vesicle, wad, wale, wallow, wart, welt, welter, wild guess, wind

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * Russian: сутулая поза


 * Uzbek: bukri


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: intuizione, presentimento


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Uzbek: taxmin

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French: se voûter


 * Russian: сутулиться, горбиться, сгибаться

Derived terms

 * hunchback