[hʌmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rounded raised mass of earth or land
(e.g: they sat on a hump of cropped grass)

- a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or other animal or as an abnormality on the back of a person
(e.g: his back rose into a kind of hump at the base of the spine)


Phrases:
- get the hump
- give someone the hump
- have the hump
- over the hump

Origin:
early 18th century: probably related to Low German humpe ‘hump’, also to Dutch homp, Low German humpe ‘lump, hunk (of bread)’

[hʌmp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- carry (a heavy object) with difficulty
(e.g: he continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor)

- make hump-shaped
(e.g: he turned and humped his body to avoid a rope)

- have sex with

- go away


Phrases:
- get the hump
- give someone the hump
- have the hump
- over the hump

Origin:
early 18th century: probably related to Low German humpe ‘hump’, also to Dutch homp, Low German humpe ‘lump, hunk (of bread)’