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Hunched

verb
/hʌntʃt/
Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.verbTo bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
"Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems."
2.verbTo raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
"He hunched up his shoulders and stared down at the ground."
3.verbTo walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
4.verbTo thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
5.verbTo push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
6.verbTo have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

Synonyms

elbownudgeleanslouchstoopcrookedround-backedround-shoulderedstoopedstoopingunerectreturned

Rhymes With

squinchedscrunchedbunchedlunchedmunchedcrunchedwinchedfinched
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