Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - hunch
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Hunch
hunch
I. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1581 transitive verb 1. jostle, shove 2. to thrust or bend over into a humped or crooked position intransitive verb 1. to thrust oneself forward 2. a. to assume a bent or crooked posture b. to draw oneself into a ball ; curl up c. huddle, squat II. noun Date: 1630 1. an act or instance of ~ing ; push 2. a. a thick piece ; lump b. hump 3. a strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event or result
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. bend or arch into a hump. 2 tr. thrust out or up to form a hump. 3 intr. (usu. foll. by up) US sit with the body hunched. --n. 1 an intuitive feeling or conjecture. 2 a hint. 3 a hump. 4 a thick piece. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. горб 2. толстый кусок, ломоть hunch of cheese —- большой кусок сыра hunch of bread —- ломоть хлеба 3. голова (сахару) 4. ам. разг. предчувствие; подозрение; интуиция; наитие on a hunch —- интуитивно to have a hunch —- предчувствовать; интуитивно догадывтья he had a hunch —- его (вдруг) озарило to play one's hunch(es) —- действовать по наитию 5. диал. толчок 6. горбить, сутулить; сгибать, выгибать to one's shoulders —- втягивать голову в плечи 7. горбиться, сутулиться he sat hunched up —- он сидел сгорбившись 8. идти согнувшись, сгорбившись he hunched along in the rain —- он шел под дождем, втянув голову в плечи 9. прогибаться, наклоняться he hunched over the table —- он склонился над столом 10. иметь предчувствие; предчувствовать; подозревать 11. диал. толкать; дергать 12. диал. толкаться; дергаться; ринуться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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of bread ломоть хлеба HUNCH 1. noun 1) горб 2) толстый кусок, ломоть - hunch of bread 3) горбыль (о доске) 4) coll. подозрение, предчувствие - on a hunch - have a hunch 2. v. 1) горбить(ся), сутулить(ся) (часто hunch up) Try not to sit with your shoulders hunched up like that, its bad for your neck muscles. She sat by the grave, hunched up with grief. 2) сгибать ...Англо-русский словарь
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(hunches, hunching, hunched) 1. If you have a hunch about something, you are sure that it is correct or true, even though you do not have any proof. (INFORMAL) I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together... N-COUNT 2. If you hunch forward, you raise your shoulders, put your head down, and lean forwards, often because you are cold, ill, or unhappy. He got out his map of Yorkshire and hunched over it to read the small print. VERB: V adv/prep 3. If you hunch your shoulders, you raise them and lean forwards slightly. Wes hunched his shoulders and leaned forward on the edge of the counter. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n a feeling that something is true or that something is happening, even though you have very little information about it ("How did you know that Campbell was a murderer?" "Oh, it was just a hunch." | have a hunch (that)) (I had a hunch that something like this would happen.) ~2 v 1 to bend down and forwards so that your back forms a curve + over (She hunched nervously over her drink.) 2 hunch your shoulders to raise your shoulders into a rounded shape, especially because you are cold, anxious etc - hunched adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- originally (15c.) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1598, in hunchbacked. Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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