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A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact

A humped position or thing

The act of postulating or something postulated

A risky or uncertain proposition that one has bet on

A shape resembling an arch

A posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards

A statement of what will happen in the future

Ominous indication

A thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion

Slouch or droop

A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act

To crouch or squat close to the ground

To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean

Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way

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Noun

A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact

preapprehension

sneaking suspicion

preconceived notion

feeling in one's bones

prognostication

sinking feeling

apprehensiveness

feeling in bones

handwriting on wall

faintest notion

foggiest notion

handwriting on the wall

feeling in one's water

straw in the wind

writing on the wall

feeling in the bones

extrasensory perception

slight knowledge

winds of change

feeling in your bones

prognosticating

word of warning

fortune-telling

advance warning

word to the wise

prior knowledge

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“It is only where the decision is clearly random, or based on a hunch or prejudice, that the officer's action is likely to be regarded as unreasonable.”

Noun

A humped position or thing

black-and-blue mark

skin discoloration

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“This first hunch when done correctly will put you in a butterfly position and will utilize the large latissimus muscles of the back.”

Noun

The act of postulating or something postulated

sneaking suspicion

shot in the dark

way of thinking

ballpark figure

stab in the dark

conceptualization^US

hypothesizing^US

conceptualisation^UK

hypothesising^UK

preconceived notion

preconceived idea

generalization^US

rough calculation

generalisation^UK

personal feeling

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

ballpark figures

rough calculations

line of thinking

accepted wisdom

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

rationalizing^US

rationalising^UK

school of thought

thought process

considered opinion

whys and wherefores

line of reasoning

process of reasoning

train of thought

why and wherefore

line of thought

logical thought

chain of reasoning

conceptualizations

line of argument

reading between the lines

a shot in the dark

conceptualisations

two cents' worth

right of speech

right of free speech

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Noun

A risky or uncertain proposition that one has bet on

leap in the dark

throw of the dice

shot in the dark

stab in the dark

speculative enterprise

business enterprise

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Noun

A shape resembling an arch

curved structure

circular section

change of direction

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Noun

A posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards

round-shoulderedness

curvature of the spine

droop of the shoulders

sag of the shoulders

Noun

A statement of what will happen in the future

prognostication

prognosticating

fortune-telling

of event anticipation

fortune telling

foretelling the future

forecasting the future

telling the future

writing on the wall

far-sightedness

foresightedness

divine utterance

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Noun

Ominous indication

writing on the wall

sign of the times

Noun

A thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion

part of something

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Noun

Slouch or droop

round-shoulderedness

round shoulders

Noun

A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act

extemporisation^UK

extemporization^US

natural inclination

inborn tendency

natural tendency

inherent tendency

inner prompting

natural feeling

sudden inclination

appropriateness

flight of fancy

bee in one's bonnet

ingrained tendency

innate tendency

imaginativeness

fire in the belly

intrinsic tendency

fool's paradise

castle in the air

having as one's type

interrelationship

way of thinking

close relationship

fellow feeling for

inclination towards

like-mindedness

good vibrations

special relationship

predilection towards

understanding of

attraction towards

same wavelength

passing thought

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Verb

To crouch or squat close to the ground

incline the body

get on all fours

walk with a stoop

sit on your haunches

sit on your heels

incline your body

incline the head

bend from waist

make an obeisance

prostrate oneself

get down on your knees

fall to one's knees

go down on your knees

sit on one's haunches

go on hands and knees

go on all fours

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“He hunched over the map to read the small print.”

Verb

To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean

change direction

become deformed

go out of shape

become distorted

become misshapen

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“Don't bring the leg in so far it bends or hunch your shoulders; this stresses the hamstrings and the spine and neck.”

Verb

Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way

lie spread-eagle

stretch oneself

be stretched out

stretch oneself out

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