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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hunch

/hŭnch/ · IPA /hʌnt͡ʃ/
01 n. A hump; a protuberance.
  1. 1.
    A hump; a protuberance.
  2. 2.
    A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
  3. 3.
    A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
  4. 4.
    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]
Syn. presentiment, premonition.
02 v. t. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
imp. & p. p. Hunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunching
  1. 1.
    To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
  2. 2.
    To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.