Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hunching

/ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: hunch-ing
IPA: /ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hunch

noun

The motion by which something is hunched.

Example Sentences

"[…] this little stunted creature, with his hoarse voice and nervous gestures and grotesque delivery, his snarls, his leers, his hunchings of the shoulders, his contortions of the limbs […]"

Inflected Forms

hunchings (plural)

Rhymes With

punching crunching lunching

Questions

How do you pronounce hunching?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/.
What does hunching mean?: present participle and gerund of hunch

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