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noun
- 1. a rounded raised mass of earth or land: "they sat on a hump of cropped grass"
- 2. a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or other animal or as an abnormality on the back of a person: "his back rose into a kind of hump at the base of the spine"
verb
- 1. lift or carry (a heavy object) with difficulty: informal British "he continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor"
- 2. make hump-shaped: "the cat humped himself into a different shape and purred"
May 13, 2024 · 14. vulgar slang. to engage in sexual intercourse. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Next we come to the Hump, which is the part of the Broad Walk where all the big races are run, and even though you had no intention of running you do run when you come to the Hump, it is such a fascinating, slide-down kind of place.
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See synonyms for hump on Thesaurus.com noun a rounded protuberance, especially 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 or bison.
/hʌmp/ a large lump that sticks out above the surface of something, especially the ground the dark hump of the mountain in the distance. Want to learn more?
Hump Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary. Home. Dictionary Meanings. Hump Definition. hŭmp. humped, humping, humps. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Pronoun. Idiom. Filter. noun. humps. A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle.
