crystal-gazing vs hunch

crystal-gazing

noun
  • The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future. 

  • The making of predictions about the future, especially when these are seen as very speculative. 

hunch

noun
  • A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen. 

  • A push or thrust, as with the elbow. 

  • A hump; a protuberance. 

  • A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. 

  • A hunk; a lump; a thick piece. 

verb
  • 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). 

  • To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back. 

  • To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone). 

  • To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders. 

  • To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders. 

  • To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess. 

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