hunches

hʌn(t)ʃ

verb

raise (one’s shoulders) and bend the top of one’s body forward.

Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow

arch,curve,hump,bend,bow,curl,crook,crouch,huddle up,curl up,hunker down,stoop,squat,scooch

noun

a feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact.

I have a hunch that someone is telling lies

feeling,guess,suspicion,sneaking suspicion,impression,inkling,idea,notion,fancy,presentiment,premonition,intuition,gut feeling,feeling in one’s bones,funny feeling,sixth sense