Hunch
noun
A feeling or guess based on intuition, not on known facts.
I have a hunch that this plan won't work.
Often appears as...
- have a hunch
- acting on a hunch
verb
To bend your body forward and down so that your back is rounded.
She hunched over her book, absorbed in her reading.
Often appears as...
- hunched over
- hunched shoulders
noun
A rounded mass or lump.
There was a huge hunch of bread on the table.
Often appears as...
- hunch of bread
- hunch of cheese
noun
A feeling or guess based on intuition, not on known facts.
I have a hunch that this plan won't work.
Often appears as...
- have a hunch
- acting on a hunch
verb
To bend your body forward and down so that your back is rounded.
She hunched over her book, absorbed in her reading.
Often appears as...
- hunched over
- hunched shoulders
noun
A rounded mass or lump.
There was a huge hunch of bread on the table.
Often appears as...
- hunch of bread
- hunch of cheese
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Trust Your Instincts
Use 'hunch' when you trust your instincts over evidence.
Despite the clear skies, I have a hunch it'll rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Uncertain Future
'Hunch' suggests you're unsure but suspect something might happen.
I have a hunch he'll be late again today.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Guess
Use 'hunch' for personal guesses not to be taken as fact.
My hunch is that she won't agree to the deal.
Pro Tip 1/3Trust Your Instincts
Use 'hunch' when you trust your instincts over evidence.
Despite the clear skies, I have a hunch it'll rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Uncertain Future
'Hunch' suggests you're unsure but suspect something might happen.
I have a hunch he'll be late again today.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Guess
Use 'hunch' for personal guesses not to be taken as fact.
My hunch is that she won't agree to the deal.
Pro Tip 1/3Trust Your Instincts
Use 'hunch' when you trust your instincts over evidence.
Despite the clear skies, I have a hunch it'll rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Uncertain Future
'Hunch' suggests you're unsure but suspect something might happen.
I have a hunch he'll be late again today.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Guess
Use 'hunch' for personal guesses not to be taken as fact.
My hunch is that she won't agree to the deal.
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A glimpse of the future...
you're doing it in pretty much the same way. You're hunched over these rectangles, fumbling with buttons and menus and more rectangles. And I think this is the wrong way, I think we can start using a much more natural machine. We should use machines that bring our work back into the world. We should use machines that use the principles of neuroscience
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Where good ideas come...
to connect with other people's hunches; that's what often happens. You have half of an idea, somebody else has the other half, and if you're in the right environment, they turn into something larger than the sum of their parts. So in a sense, we often talk about the value of protecting intellectual property -- you know, building barricades,
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The coelacanth: A living...
She had a hunch that this strange, 1.5 meter long specimen was important but couldn't preserve it in time to be studied and had it taxidermied. When she finally was able to reach J.L.B. Smith, a local fish expert, he was able to confirm, at first site, that the creature was indeed a coelacanth.
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Your words may predict...
I could not tell exactly what because nothing was said explicitly -- but I got this strong hunch, this strong intuition, that something was going wrong. So I picked up the phone, and I called Polo, and in fact he was not feeling well. And this simple fact, that reading in between the lines,
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How we must respond to...
You've really invested your life into trying to solve these big problems. And this is as big as they get. I have a hunch that your voice is really going to be needed in the next few weeks. Thank you so much for your time today. This was really wonderful, hearing from you. Thank you.
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Rick Guidotti: From...
She walks into my studio. The way that she walks in, though, instead of this gorgeous girl, she walks in like this, her head's down, shoulders hunched, one-word answers, she looks down, no eye contact. This kid has been teased her whole life because of her difference.
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How do vaccines work? -...
injected material from a cowpox virus into an eight-year-old boy with a hunch that this would provide the protection needed to save people from deadly outbreaks of the related smallpox virus. It was a success. The eight-year-old was inoculated against the disease
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
here in the center he always kept his tail tucked his shoulders hunched his head low his ears back as he tried to make himself as inconspicuous as possible but interestingly the Omega was the instigator of play and by using play it helped alleviate pack tension
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Calling out misogyny in...
living the dream life right this is higher in headfirst into competitive super smash brothers melee community a skiing that I've been a part of for nearly 10 years I'm sure that when I say competitive gaming you guys are imagining a room of people hunched over
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Landmine-Sniffing...
elephants can smell landmines like rats and dogs that are used to help demine areas then elephants have a very powerful sense of smell so my hunch is and hen and early evidence suggests that elephants can detect landmines
Video examples
A glimpse of the future...
you're doing it in pretty much the same way. You're hunched over these rectangles, fumbling with buttons and menus and more rectangles. And I think this is the wrong way, I think we can start using a much more natural machine. We should use machines that bring our work back into the world. We should use machines that use the principles of neuroscience
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
to connect with other people's hunches; that's what often happens. You have half of an idea, somebody else has the other half, and if you're in the right environment, they turn into something larger than the sum of their parts. So in a sense, we often talk about the value of protecting intellectual property -- you know, building barricades,
Video examples
The coelacanth: A living...
She had a hunch that this strange, 1.5 meter long specimen was important but couldn't preserve it in time to be studied and had it taxidermied. When she finally was able to reach J.L.B. Smith, a local fish expert, he was able to confirm, at first site, that the creature was indeed a coelacanth.
Video examples
Your words may predict...
I could not tell exactly what because nothing was said explicitly -- but I got this strong hunch, this strong intuition, that something was going wrong. So I picked up the phone, and I called Polo, and in fact he was not feeling well. And this simple fact, that reading in between the lines,
Video examples
How we must respond to...
You've really invested your life into trying to solve these big problems. And this is as big as they get. I have a hunch that your voice is really going to be needed in the next few weeks. Thank you so much for your time today. This was really wonderful, hearing from you. Thank you.
Video examples
Rick Guidotti: From...
She walks into my studio. The way that she walks in, though, instead of this gorgeous girl, she walks in like this, her head's down, shoulders hunched, one-word answers, she looks down, no eye contact. This kid has been teased her whole life because of her difference.
Video examples
How do vaccines work? -...
injected material from a cowpox virus into an eight-year-old boy with a hunch that this would provide the protection needed to save people from deadly outbreaks of the related smallpox virus. It was a success. The eight-year-old was inoculated against the disease
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
here in the center he always kept his tail tucked his shoulders hunched his head low his ears back as he tried to make himself as inconspicuous as possible but interestingly the Omega was the instigator of play and by using play it helped alleviate pack tension
Video examples
Calling out misogyny in...
living the dream life right this is higher in headfirst into competitive super smash brothers melee community a skiing that I've been a part of for nearly 10 years I'm sure that when I say competitive gaming you guys are imagining a room of people hunched over
Video examples
Landmine-Sniffing...
elephants can smell landmines like rats and dogs that are used to help demine areas then elephants have a very powerful sense of smell so my hunch is and hen and early evidence suggests that elephants can detect landmines
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Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
The only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or I make another Indiana Jones movie. I know I've got a good shot at getting an audience on opening night. Everything else that is striking out into new territory is a crap shoot.
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Charlotte Rae
American Actress
Superstitions actually played a big role in my life. I wouldn't even go on a casting call if I had a hunch that it was an 'unlucky' day.
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Princess Eugenie of York
British Royalty
Without the care I received at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, I wouldn't look the way I do now; my back would be hunched over.
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Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
I think, to be a director, sometimes you need to have certain hunches - you have to believe in some gut feeling.
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James Levine
American Musician
My hunch is that probably men are doing more both outside the home and inside the home.
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Frank Capra
American Director
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
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Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
Usually in politics everything is done on hunches.
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James Dickey
American Novelist
You are bound, my hunch is, to make it just fine.
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Lily Tomlin
American Actress
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Gene Tierney
American Actress
I always tried to play my hunches.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
The only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or I make another Indiana Jones movie. I know I've got a good shot at getting an audience on opening night. Everything else that is striking out into new territory is a crap shoot.
Quote examples
Charlotte Rae
American Actress
Superstitions actually played a big role in my life. I wouldn't even go on a casting call if I had a hunch that it was an 'unlucky' day.
Quote examples
Princess Eugenie of York
British Royalty
Without the care I received at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, I wouldn't look the way I do now; my back would be hunched over.
Quote examples
Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
I think, to be a director, sometimes you need to have certain hunches - you have to believe in some gut feeling.
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James Levine
American Musician
My hunch is that probably men are doing more both outside the home and inside the home.
Quote examples
Frank Capra
American Director
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
Quote examples
Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
Usually in politics everything is done on hunches.
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James Dickey
American Novelist
You are bound, my hunch is, to make it just fine.
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Lily Tomlin
American Actress
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Gene Tierney
American Actress
I always tried to play my hunches.
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