HUNCH

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.

[ 16th c.: orig. unkn. ]