I. hunch 1 /hʌntʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
if you have a hunch that something is true or will happen, you feel that it is true or will happen ⇨ suspicion
have a hunch (that)
I had a hunch that something like this would happen.
sb’s hunch
My hunch is that she’s his mother.
II. hunch 2 BrE AmE verb
1 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to bend down and forwards so that your back forms a curve
hunch over
He had to hunch over the steering wheel to see anything.
2 . hunch your shoulders to raise your shoulders into a rounded shape because you are cold, anxious etc
—hunched adjective :
a hunched figure sitting by the fire