Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedieën in één oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: hunch

  1. hunch
    [n] - the act of bending yourself up together 2. [v] - arch one`s back
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Hunch
    Hunch noun [ Perh. akin to huckle ; confer hump , hunch , bunch , hunk .] 1. A hump; a protuberance. 2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread. 3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/71

  3. Hunch
    Hunch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hunched ; present participle & verbal noun Hunching .] 1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. 2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/71

  4. Hunch
    Hunch noun A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; -- said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback. [ Colloq. or Slang]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/71

  5. hunch
    noun the act of bending yourself up together
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. hunch
    hump verb arch one`s back
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. hunch
    noun an impression that something might be the case; `he had an intuition that something had gone wrong`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Hunch
    `Hunch` may refer to: * An intuitive reckoning * A forward bend in one's body, such as that from a crushed vertebra * A parody of Derryn Hinch played by Steve Vizard on Australian television show `Fast Forward` * A Dance attributed to Hasil Adkins * The Hunch Backs, a mountain in Hong Kong
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunch

  9. Hunch
    • (n.) A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread. • (n.) A push or thrust, as with the elbow. • (v. t.) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. • (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. • (n.) A hump; a protuberance. • (n.) A strong, intuitive impression that somethi...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. hunch
    hunch (s), hunches (pl) 1. An intuitive feeling about something. 2. A stoop or a curved posture of the body with the head down and shoulders forward. 3. To stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture. 4. A large lump or slice of something. 5. Etymology: originally (1581) a verb, 'to push, to thrust', of unknown origin. Until the rise of scie...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. hunch
    1. an impression that something might be the case
    2. the act of bending yourself up together

    Found on


We are now searching for
• words containing `hunch`;
• Alternative spelling;
• Wider definitions.

One moment please...

10 November 2009

This day in history:
On 10 November 1871, David Livingstone, missionary and explorer was `found` by New York Herald reporter Henry Morton Stanley, who greeted him with the famous words `Dr Livingstone, I presume`. Between November 1853 and May 1856 David Livingstone completed a remarkable coast-to-coast journey from Luanda in the west to the mouth of the Zambezi River in the east. It was an epic trip of 4,300 miles and Livingstone became the first European to complete it. Along the way he had discovered a giant waterfall called ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ (the smoke that thunders). Livingstone named it Victoria Falls after the British monarch. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

What is Encyclo?

Encyclo is a search engine for terms and definitions. Hundreds of websites contain wordlists, each with their own speciality. Encyclo brings those lists together and makes searching for definitions a lot easier.

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,264,100 words from 1007 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
impulse (6/25)
Rajas (3/25)
coshh (9/0)
wetback (3/0)
flat-footed (6/0)
bernadette (2/25)
microcornea (2/0)
mmHg (2/0)
dromomania (3/0)
Lymphitis (3/0)
bifid (3/25)
Wing (5/25)
Under (2/25)
Suspension (25/25)
Hill (3/25)
shot (25/25)
immanent (7/6)
difficulty (9/1)
Margaret (11/25)
Dangleberry (5/0)
Netherlands (6/25)
Isocenter (3/0)
Holistic (2/23)
orthopaedic (3/21)

© Encyclo MMIX
Contact Privacy