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verb

present tense third-person singular of hunch
as in crouches
to lie low with the limbs close to the body he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen

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noun

plural of hunch
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as in theories

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as in humps

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as in notions

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Recent Examples of hunches
Verb
Deep into the opening-night party at the Middleburg Film Festival, Joel Edgerton hunches over a cocktail table, flipping through the event’s official program. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025 Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth. — EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunches
  1. crouches
  2. theories
  3. humps
  4. notions
  5. huddles
  6. guesses
  7. tumors
  8. ideas
Verb
  • Sometimes a less reliable dog will smell in this manner the hot body scent of venison as a trembling doe crouches close in the brush upwind.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • Johansen, sporting an all-black outfit, crouches down next to him and sweetly rests her head on his shoulder.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of crouches
Noun
  • It should never be cheapened into a pretext for a tariff policy built on dubious legal theories and personal grievances.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • There are equations, theories, and principles, of course, but real progress often emerges through experimentation.
    — Lintao "LT" Lu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of theories
Noun
  • In fact, while sand traps aren’t overabundant, elevation changes, natural grass humps and, yes, some sand does challenge you most every hole.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
  • Her office released a report last month critical of the design and placement of speed humps and bumps.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of humps
Noun
  • Crump and Wells’ parents have rejected notions from law enforcement that the teenager drowned, launching their own investigation into his death, including the autopsy.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • Set any preconceived notions aside and don’t jump in until your child is finished speaking.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2026
Definition of notions
Verb
  • An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.
    — Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of huddles
Noun
  • Competitive Wordle Score The Bot and I tie yet again, this time with four guesses.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • These are our best guesses as to where life might exist elsewhere in the universe.
    — Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
Definition of guesses
Noun
  • For example, over the next decade, substantially all chemotherapy is likely to be made obsolete by antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), which deliver therapy more selectively to tumors.
    — Roderick Wong, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • In other words, the tumors appear to have come from a single line of cancer cells that have then spread from fish to fish, rather than occurring independently.
    — Dr. Yonathan Daniel, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of tumors
Noun
  • As always, the fans came to Ballroom 20 ready to throw their own questions and ideas at the creative team.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 July 2026
  • In order to explore, to be open to new ideas and experiences—all core to eroticism, in Perel’s view—people have to feel stable enough to let their guard down.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of ideas

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