Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle.
- noun A deformity of the back in humans caused by an abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine.
- noun Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.
- noun A low mound of earth; a hummock.
- noun A mountain range.
- noun Chiefly British A fit of depression; an emotional slump.
- intransitive verb To bend or round into a hump; arch.
- intransitive verb To exert (oneself).
- intransitive verb To carry, especially on the back.
- intransitive verb Vulgar Slang To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- intransitive verb Slang To exert oneself.
- intransitive verb Slang To hurry.
- intransitive verb Vulgar Slang To engage in sexual intercourse.
- idiom (over the hump) Past the worst or most difficult part or stage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A protuberance; a swelling.
- noun Especially— A hunch or protuberance on the back, caused by an abnormal curvature of the spine, or by natural growth: as, a man with a hump; a camel with two humps; the hump on the back of a whale.
- noun In entomology, a projection on the back of a larva, formed by an upward enlargement of a whole segment, which is then said to be humped. Projections of this kind are very common in the larvæ of the Lepidoptera.
- noun A sailors' name for a worthless member of the crew; a green hand.
- noun A long tramp with a load on the back.
- To bend or hunch so as to form a hump, as the back in some kinds of labor, like that of a miner or ditcher, or as cattle in cold or stormy weather.
- To prepare for a great effort; gather (one's self) together; hurry; exert (one's self): as, hump yourself now.
- To huff; vex.
- In cutlery, to round off, as scissors.
- To use great exertion; put forth effort.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
- noun (Railroad) a portion of a switchyard with a slanting track in which freight cars may coast without an engine and be sorted through a series of switches.
- transitive verb To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with
up . - transitive verb Slang, Australia To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general.
- transitive verb Slang, U. S. To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with
it . - transitive verb (Railroad) to sort freight cars by means of a hump.
- transitive verb Vulgar Slang, U. S. to engage in sexual intercourse with.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mound ofearth . - noun A
rounded mass , especially afleshy mass such as on acamel . - noun A
deformity inhumans caused byabnormal curvature of theupper spine . - noun UK, slang An act of
sexual intercourse . - noun slang, UK A
bad mood , especially in the expression to have the hump. - noun slang A
painfully boorish person. - verb transitive To
bend something into a hump. - verb transitive, slang To
carry something, especially with someexertion . - verb intransitive, slang To
carry , especially with someexertion . - verb transitive, intransitive To
dry-hump . - verb transitive, slang To have
sex with. - verb intransitive, slang To have
sex .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- verb have sexual intercourse with
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“Ah, madame!” said Butscha, “what you call my hump is the socket of my wings.”
Modeste Mignon 2007
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But in Chicago, he was an assistant with a Bulls team that couldn't get over the title hump when he was chosen to replace Doug Collins.
unknown title 2009
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Behind this is the thickest part of the body, which tapers off till there is another rise which we call the hump, in the shape of a pyramid -- then commences the
Old Jack William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Other than my agent and editor -- both of whom have been very enthusiastic and supportive of my writing from day one -- the single most wonderful author who really welcomed me and made me feel not so alone, answered all my questions, and helped me over the new author hump, is Mariah Stewart.
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Bald spots formwhen the grass on an underwater hump is exposed during the winter drawdown.
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The anonymous blogger of "Sex At Oxbridge" describes herself as a "fairly attractive and highly intelligent Oxbridge student currently shagging my way through the half-term hump".
Medindia Health News 2010
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The anonymous blogger of "Sex At Oxbridge" describes herself as a "fairly attractive and highly intelligent Oxbridge student currently shagging my way through the half-term hump".
Medindia Health News 2010
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The anonymous blogger of "Sex At Oxbridge" describes herself as a "fairly attractive and highly intelligent Oxbridge student currently shagging my way through the half-term hump".
Medindia Health News 2010
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"We have to get through the midterm hump and the illness," she said.
Queen's Journal: Latest stories Anand Srivastava 2010
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"We have to get through the midterm hump and the illness," she said.
Queen's Journal: Latest stories Anand Srivastava 2010
brtom commented on the word hump
...and then how the horses did lean over and hump themselves! HF 22
December 7, 2006
errguitar commented on the word hump
US Marine slang for extended march with full kit, equivalent to UK Royal Marines 'yomp"
June 13, 2008
sionnach commented on the word hump
Circus slang for a camel.
May 6, 2010
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word hump
Hump, a portmanteau of hunch and lump.
December 4, 2020