Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hunch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hunch \Hunch\, n.
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. [Colloq. or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hunch \Hunch\, n. [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch,
hunk.]
1. A hump; a protuberance.
2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hunch \Hunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hunching}.]
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. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hunch
n 1: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: {intuition},
{suspicion}]
2: the act of bending yourself up together
v : arch one's back [syn: {hump}, {hunch forward}, {hunch over}]
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