hunch
51programmer's\ hunch — A slight curvature of the back, caused by excessive hours spent coding. Sophie spent so much of her time coding for ACME Security that she began to develop a programmer s hunch …
52play a (or one's) hunch — make an instinctive choice. → play …
53play a hunch — play a (or one s) hunch make an instinctive choice …
54had a hunch — had a feeling, his heart told him so …
55have a hunch — have an intuition, have a feeling …
56play a hunch — Act according to an idea, guess, suspicion …
57Hunched — Hunch Hunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hunching}.] 1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
58Hunching — Hunch Hunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hunching}.] 1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
59hunchback — /hunch bak /, n. 1. a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Cf. kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis. 2. humpback (def. 1). [1705 15; back formation from HUNCHBACKED] * * * …
60hunchbacked — /hunch bakt /, adj. humpbacked. [1590 1600; b. huckbacked see (HUMPBACKED) and bunchbacked] * * * …