HUNCH
NOUNS
► IMAGINATION an intuitive feeling; a hunch → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAKE a hunch → 1950 W. Indies sl.
VERBS
► SCROONCH to crouch, to hunch; to shrink or squeeze oneself into a small space → 1925 Amer. dial.
► SCROUCH to crouch, to hunch, to draw oneself in → 1885 Amer. dial.
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