hunch

Universal Words verb, noun verb [+adv./prep.] to bend the top part of your body forward and raise your shoulders and back: [V] She leaned forward, hunching over the desk. * [VN] He hunched his shoulders and thrust his hands deep into his pockets. hunched adjective: a hunched figure * He sat hunched over his breakfast. noun a feeling that sth is true even though you do not have any evidence to prove it: It seemed that the doctor's hunch had been right. * My hunch is that the burglars are still in the area. * I had a hunch (that) you'd be back. * to follow / back your hunches