HUNCH
What does "HUNCH" mean?
A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than evidence.
Meanings
- A strong intuitive feeling about something, formed without proof. On a hunch, she checked the back door and found it unlocked.
- To bend the body forward and round the shoulders. He hunched over the keyboard for another three hours.
- A rounded hump, especially of the back. Age had given the old sailor a permanent hunch.
Word origin
Of uncertain origin from the 1500s, first meaning to push or shove and then to thrust into a hump; the 'intuition' sense is American, possibly from a gambler's belief that a touch on a hunchback brought luck.
Remember it
A HUNCH bends your back into a hump - and a mental hunch is a thought you can't yet stand up straight to prove.
A little poem
No proof in my hands,
yet the back of the neck knows
to turn left, not right.
haiku
Wordplay
- I had a hunch I was developing bad posture. Turns out I was right - and so was my spine.
What it teaches
A hunch is the body voting before the mind has finished counting - worth a hearing, never the last word.
Quick facts
What does HUNCH mean?
A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than evidence.
Is HUNCH a valid word?
Yes — HUNCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HUNCH?
HUNCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does HUNCH come from?
Of uncertain origin from the 1500s, first meaning to push or shove and then to thrust into a hump; the 'intuition' sense is American, possibly from a gambler's belief that a touch on a hunchback brought luck.
What can HUNCH teach us?
A hunch is the body voting before the mind has finished counting - worth a hearing, never the last word.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.