Plural of hunch
regular plural
The plural of hunch is hunches.
Forms of hunch
| Singular | hunch /hʌnt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hunches /ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Hunches in a sentence
- I've learned to trust my hunches.
- His personnel file, an inch thick with commendations, recounts hunches he played, good-cop bad-cop routines, shoot-outs with Glocks and Berettas.2010, Ken Armstrong, Nick Perry, Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry good-cop bad-cop
- He cultivated it on its own special plot, and checked it daily for news it might bring: hunches, lateralisms, frank anomalies.2004, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition, →ISBN. From the entry lateralism
- The boxman hunches over the house chips on the left, while the stickwoman on the right eyes the dice.1996, Olaf Vancura, Smart Casino Gambling: How to Win More and Lose Less, San Diego, Calif.: Index Publishing Group, Inc., →ISBN, page 137. From the entry stickwoman
- Investing is not betting your retirement resources on your hunches about the upsies and downsies of businesses in countries you can never fully understand or trust.2008 April 23, [Dave] <snedekerd@msn.com>, “US stocks are scams”, in alt.accounting (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 Apr 2026. From the entry upsies and downsies
Meaning of hunch
- noun A hump; a protuberance.
- noun A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
- noun A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
Questions about the plural of hunch
- What is the plural of hunch?
- The plural of hunch is hunches.
- Is hunch countable?
- Hunch is a countable noun.
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