huncher

English

Etymology

From hunch +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌntʃə(ɹ)

Noun

huncher (plural hunchers)

  1. One who hunches or slouches over.
  2. (colloquial) One who has hunches, or makes intuitive guesses.
    • 1977, Max Gunther, The Luck Factor […], →ISBN, page 138:
      People who are instinctive hunchers go through some such process at every decision-making point of their lives. It is likely that children often make decisions and discern truths by hunching.
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