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hump
(hŭmp)n.
1. A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle.
2. A deformity of the back in humans caused by an abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine.
3. Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.
4.
a. A low mound of earth; a hummock.
b. A mountain range.
5. Chiefly British A fit of depression; an emotional slump.
v. humped, hump·ing, humps
v.tr.
1. To bend or round into a hump; arch.
2. Slang
a. To exert (oneself).
b. To carry, especially on the back.
3. Vulgar Slang To engage in sexual intercourse with.
v.intr.
Idiom: 1. Slang To exert oneself.
2. Slang To hurry.
3. Vulgar Slang To engage in sexual intercourse.
over the hump
Past the worst or most difficult part or stage: At last I'm over the hump on my term paper.
[Probably of Low German origin.]
humped (hŭmpt) adj.
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hump
(hʌmp)n
1. a rounded protuberance or projection, as of earth, sand, etc
2. (Pathology) pathol a rounded deformity of the back in persons with kyphosis, consisting of a convex spinal curvature
3. (Zoology) a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or related animal
4. the hump informal Brit a fit of depression or sulking (esp in the phrase it gives me the hump)
5. over the hump past the largest or most difficult portion of work, time, etc
vb
6. to form or become a hump; hunch; arch
7. (tr) slang Brit to carry or heave
8. slang to have sexual intercourse with (someone)
9. hump one's swag informal Austral and NZ (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
[C18: probably from earlier humpbacked]
ˈhumpˌlike adj
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hump
(hʌmp)n.
1. a rounded protuberance, esp. a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel.
2.
a. a low, rounded rise of ground; hummock.
b. a mountain or mountain range.
3. Vulgar Slang. an act or instance of sexual intercourse.
4. Brit. low spirits.
v.t. 5. to raise (the back) in a hump; hunch.
6. Slang. to exert (oneself) in a great effort.
7. Vulgar Slang. to have sexual intercourse with.
8. Chiefly Brit. to carry on the back.
v.i. 9. to rise in a hump.
10. Slang.
a. to exert oneself; hustle.
b. to hurry.
11. Vulgar Slang. to engage in sexual intercourse.
Idioms: over the hump, past the greatest difficulties or dangers.
[1700–10; probably extracted from humpbacked]
hump′er, n.
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hump
Past participle: humped
Gerund: humping
| Imperative |
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| hump |
| hump |
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| Noun | 1. |  hump - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" mogul - a bump on a ski slope snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
| Verb | 1. | hump - round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture |
| 2. |  hump - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, be intimate, lie with, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, make love, jazz, love, bed, bang, make out, know |
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hump
noun
1. lump, bump, projection, bulge, mound, hunch, knob, protuberance, protrusion The path goes over a large hump by a tree.
verb
get the hump (Brit. informal) sulk, mope, be in the doldrums, get the blues, be down in the dumps (informal)
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Translations
حَدْبَة في الأرضحَدْبَه، سَنام
hrbpahrbek
bakkepukkel
grba
púpdomborulat
hnúîur, kryppa, herîakistillhóll
こぶなんとかして運ぶ瘤
gūbryskauburyskupraskliautinis
kuprispaugurs
hrb
grba
hump
[hʌmp]A. N
1. (Anat) → joroba f
2. [of camel] → giba f
4. (Brit) (= bad mood) it gives me the hump → me fastidia, me molesta
to have the hump → estar de mal humor
to have the hump → estar de mal humor
B. VT
2. (= carry) → llevar
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hump
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[hʌmp]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hump
(hamp) noun1. a large lump on the back of an animal, person etc. a camel's hump.
2. part of a road etc which rises and falls in the shape of a hump.
ˈhumpback noun a back with a hump.
adjective rising and falling in the shape of a hump. a humpback bridge.
ˈhumpbacked adjective having a hump on the back.
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hump
n. joroba, corcova, jiba.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
hump
n (on the back) jorobaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.