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hunchy

/ˈhʌnt͡ʃi/

hunchy adjective: having a hunched form or appearance.

Adjective

hunchy (comparative more hunchy, superlative most hunchy)

  1. Having a hunched form or appearance.
    • Whorls 7 beside those of the embryo-shell; they are slightly shouldered below the suture, between which shoulder and the suture they are slightly hunchy; the last is rather small and slightly flattened.1898, The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology (volume 26, page 244)

Forms of hunchy

comparativemore hunchy
superlativemost hunchy

Origin of hunchy

From hunch + -y.

Words that rhyme with hunchy

Questions about hunchy

What does hunchy mean?
Hunchy means having a hunched form or appearance.
What part of speech is hunchy?
Hunchy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hunchy?
Hunchy is pronounced /ˈhʌnt͡ʃi/.

Words near hunchy in the dictionary

  1. hunching over
  2. hunchings
  3. hunchless
  4. Hunchun
  5. hunchunite
  6. hunchy
  7. Huncoat
  8. Huncun
  9. Hundal
  10. Hundalee
  11. Hundals

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