1. An impression that something might be the case
   "His hunch about the stock market proved correct";
   - intuition, suspicion
    
2. The act of bending yourself into a humped position
   "His hunch over the microscope allowed him to see the tiny details"

1. Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
   "He hunched forward over his desk";
   - hump, hunch forward, hunch over

Derived forms: hunched, hunches, hunching

Type of: belief, bending, change posture, feeling, impression, notion, opinion

Encyclopedia: Hunch