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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Perh. akin to

huckle

; cf.

hump

hunch

bunch

hunk

A hump; a protuberance.

A lump; a thick piece;

as, a

hunch

of bread

A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Hunched

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Hunching

To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.

To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.

Dryden.

Noun.

[See the Verb.] A hump; a protuberance; as the hunch of a camel.

A lump; a thick piece; as a hunch of bread; a word in common vulgar use in New England.

A push or jerk with the fist or elbow.

Verb.

To push with the elbow; to push or thrust with a sudden jerk.

To push out in a protuberance; to crook the back.