"hunching" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/ Forms: hunchings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hunching (plural hunchings)
  1. The motion by which something is hunched.
    Sense id: en-hunching-en-noun-3KgB7p6t

Verb

IPA: /ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hunching
  1. present participle and gerund of hunch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hunch
    Sense id: en-hunching-en-verb-BXs8M2nz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hunching meaning in English (1.4kB)

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