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[ noun ] an impression that something might be the case
Examples "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" Used in print (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)When the telephone rang on the day after Hino went down to the village , Rector had a hunch it would be Hino with some morsel of information too important to wait until his return , for there were few telephones in the village and the phone in Rector 's office rarely rang unless it was important . Related terms |
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[ verb ] arch one's back
Synonyms Used in print (Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)By a wrenching effort , he managed to hunch and draw_in , to take the final fall on his back and shoulders rather_than his head . He hunched his left shoulder into it and slashed at Roberts ' forearm with his own , felt the blade slide off his sleeve . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of bending yourself up together
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