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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
  • The child folds over and crouches on the ground while the performance continues for several seconds.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of crouches
Noun
  • This means large language models cannot independently invent groundbreaking theories or offer original insights.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Even today, astronomers are still trying to understand exactly how these extraordinary objects form, with recent observations continuing to challenge existing theories about their evolution.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 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
  • What happens after that is committed to the good common sense of the client who usually leaves that office with only vague notions about what has been done so far and what needs to be done in the future.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Right’s multiculturalism Meanwhile, the American right was increasingly united less by biological notions of race and more by opposition to multiculturalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and liberalism.
    — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 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
  • Stale, incomplete or blocked data leaves AI filling gaps with guesses that still sound certain.
    — Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • What counts the most will be the moves of the Big Player, guesses about those moves, and guesses about those guesses.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of guesses
Noun
  • Until now, the most common mutation in pancreatic cancer tumors was considered untreatable.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Initially, scientists suspected pollution, a virus, or another environmental factor was causing the tumors.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Definition of tumors
Noun
  • For now, though, soccer’s civil war appears to be heading toward an entrenched standoff of ideas and values.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Liverpool’s new manager turned Bournemouth into a highly efficient outfit during his time in charge there and could carry over some ideas to his latest club.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of ideas

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