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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hunch

Hŭnch, n.

noun

(66), n. [Ger. hucke, hocke, back, bunch, heap, with an n inserted. Cf. HULCH, BUNCH, and HUMP.]

Sense 1. A hump; a protuberance; as, the hunch of a camel.

Sense 2. A lump; a thick piece; a hunk.

His wife brought out the cut loaf and a piece of Wiltshire cheese, and I took them in hand, gave Richard a good hunch, and took another for myself. Cobbett.

Sense 3. A push or jerk with the fist or elbow.

Hŭnch, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. HUNCHED (hŭncht); p. pr. & vb. n. HUNCHING.]

Sense 1. To push with the elbow; to push or thrust with a sudden jerk.

Sense 2. To push out in a protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.