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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
  • 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
  • But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Definition of crouches
Noun
  • No contemporary record confirms who commissioned it, however, and other theories have attributed its patronage to figures including Matilda, William the Conqueror's wife.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 10 July 2026
  • By more precisely measuring this consequence of general relativity, this study also serves to constrain alternate theories that call Einstein’s conclusions into question.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 8 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
  • For birds, seizing the opportunity to breed comes before human notions of fidelity.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026
  • Despite their popularity on a bigger stage, these notions continue to hold onto their local origins.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 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
  • Simple words with a sibling or housemate work better than guesses.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026
  • Without high-quality data to support them, these decisions run the risk of becoming mere guesses.
    — John Kubale, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
Definition of guesses
Noun
  • Patients with the condition are 13 times more likely to develop neuroendocrine tumors; the goal is to catch the tumors early enough that they can be treated endoscopically, rather than surgically.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 8 July 2026
  • Various types of cancer, in which malignant tumors invade surrounding tissues, contributed to between 13,000 and 20,000 deaths annually in this time frame.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of tumors
Noun
  • Maybe Schwarber’s and Harper’s ideas will be utilized another year.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Toss ideas back and forth with someone, but wait until tomorrow to commit to anything in terms of purchases or decisions.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
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