Meaning

5 senses
  1. A hump; a protuberance.

    Hügel, Protuberanz, Buckel

  2. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.

    The old man walked with a hunch.

    gekrümmte Haltung, krummer Rücken

    сутулая поза

  3. A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.

    I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.

    I've learned to trust my hunches.

    Ahnung, Gefühl

    иде́яidéja, дога́дкаdogádka

  4. A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.

    a hunch of bread

    dickes Stück

  5. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

More definitions
  • the act of bending yourself into a humped position
  • an impression that something might be the case

Examples

63 sentences
  1. I have a hunch that it will rain.

    У мене таке почуття, що піде дощ. — deniko

    ruУ меня такое чувство, что будет дождь. — odexed

    deIch habe so eine Ahnung, dass es regnen wird. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I've got a hunch.

    У мене є передчуття. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть предчувствие. — marafon

    deIch habe da so eine Ahnung. — Luiaard

  3. It's just a hunch.

    Це лише передчуття. — deniko

    ruЭто всего лишь предчувствие. — odexed

  4. I have a hunch.

    У мене є передчуття. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть предчувствие. — marafon

    deIch habe da so eine Ahnung. — Luiaard

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  5. Police follow hunches all the time.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
stooped or curled posture:
idea, theory:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
hump; protuberance:
stooped or curled posture:
idea, theory:
hunk; lump; thick piece:

Origin

Assibilated variant of hunk, of uncertain origin.

Assibilated variant of hunk, of uncertain origin.

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Forms

plural: hunches
Singularhunch
Pluralhunches

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • had a hunch
  • a hunch that
  • a hunch something
  • hunch that something
  • hunch something

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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