Hunch — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an impression that something might be the case

the act of bending yourself into a humped position

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈʌntʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈʌntʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈʌntʃ/

1 syllable Say it as /hˈʌntʃ/.

Examples

he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hunch over hunch forward suspicion intuition hump

Parts of Speech

noun	an impression that something might be the case “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”
noun	the act of bending yourself into a humped position
verb	round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

Word Forms

intuit	verb	know or grasp by intuition or feeling
suspect	verb	imagine to be the case or true or probable
hunch	verb	round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
hunch	noun	the act of bending yourself into a humped position
hump	noun	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ahnung

ein Eindruck, dass etwas der Fall sein könnte

🇫🇷French

pressentiment

une impression que quelque chose pourrait être le cas

🇪🇸Spanish

corazonada

una impresión de que algo podría ser el caso

🇮🇹Italian

intuizione

l'impressione che qualcosa potrebbe essere il caso

🇳🇱Dutch

voorgevoel

de indruk dat er iets aan de hand zou kunnen zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

palpite

uma impressão de que algo pode ser o caso

🇷🇺Russian

догадка

впечатление, что что-то может быть так

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कूबड़

ऐसा आभास कि कुछ मामला हो सकता है

🇧🇩Bengali

কুঁজো

একটি ছাপ যে কিছু ক্ষেত্রে হতে পারে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஊன்

ஏதாவது இருக்கலாம் என்ற எண்ணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఊహ

ఏదో ఒక సందర్భంలో ఉండవచ్చు అనే అభిప్రాయం

🇮🇳Marathi

कुबड्या

काहीतरी घडू शकते असा ठसा

🇮🇳Gujarati

હંચ

એક છાપ કે કંઈક કેસ હોઈ શકે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಂಚ್

ಏನಾದರೂ ಆಗಿರಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഊഹിക്കുക

എന്തെങ്കിലും സംഭവിച്ചേക്കാമെന്ന ഒരു ധാരണ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੰਚ

ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਕਿ ਕੁਝ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہنچ

ایک تاثر کہ کچھ معاملہ ہو سکتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

直觉

某种情况可能是这样的印象

🇯🇵Japanese

予感

何かが当てはまるかもしれないという印象

🇰🇷Korean

직감

뭔가 그럴 수도 있다는 인상

🇻🇳Vietnamese

linh cảm

một ấn tượng rằng một cái gì đó có thể là trường hợp

🇹🇭Thai

โหนก

ความประทับใจว่าอาจมีบางอย่างเกิดขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

firasat

kesan bahwa sesuatu mungkin terjadi

🇵🇭Filipino

kutob

isang impresyon na maaaring may mangyari

🇲🇾Malay

firasat

tanggapan bahawa sesuatu mungkin berlaku

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حدس

انطباع بأن شيئًا ما قد يكون كذلك

🇮🇷Persian

قوز کردن

این تصور که ممکن است چیزی باشد

🇹🇷Turkish

önsezi

bir şeyin olabileceğine dair bir izlenim

🇮🇱Hebrew

תְחוּשָׁה

רושם שאולי משהו קורה

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