hunch
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4.7
- noun
- /hʌnʧ/
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corazonada
- It's just a hunch, but I'm betting this is our man.
- follow a hunch
- confirm a hunch
- rely on hunches
So do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
- So do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
- Well, I just think, yes, hunches and intuition, we all have that.
- So much Trump backed up his fake hunch with some fake math.
- It's pretty cool that you were able to use a hunch to find this really cool little star.
- In most cases, we entrepreneurs act on hunches.
- And in that space, like, I just had this hunch that like, I needed to lean in even more.
- Do you have any hunches at the moment about dark energy or dark matter?
- By the way, a lot of our most powerful truths turn out to be hunches.
- And that's one of the cool things about OK Rs is we can, we can start with a hunch and then go see if we're right or wrong.
- That's kind of the the hunch of the Levinson, right?
- This is a speculation, it's a hunch, it's not effect.
Examples
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My hunch is he's somewhere in this building.
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And I have a hunch it's because of high school.
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So do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
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For example, you may have a hunch how someone feels.
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And I have a hunch that I know what it might be right now.
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But this is just a hunch as to where where we're headed.
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And he has a sudden, terrible hunch that the man has a plan.
Fiction book (1991) -
When I have a hunch, I won't talk myself out of it.
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My hunch is she's out for revenge.
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I had a strong hunch that he would show up at the party even though he said he wouldn't.
Synonyms
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1.0
A natural ability to understand or do something
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4.8
A guess or idea made without enough proof
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2.3
A feeling that something may be true even without proof
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5.1
A small quiet feeling that something bad may be true
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7.9
An idea based on little evidence
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Etymology
Hunch for a guess probably comes from an old word for a hump or small 'bump'. Think of a hunch as a little mental bump or nudge that pushes you toward an idea, which is why it means a guess you feel rather than know.