HUNCH

noun

1. A hump; a protuberance.
2. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
3. A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.

verb

1. To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
2. To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
3. To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.