hump

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see also: Hump

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Pronunciation

• (Canada, British) IPA: /hʌmp/

Noun

hump (plural humps)

1. A mound of earth.
2. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
3. (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
4. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
5. (British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.

   get the hump, have the hump, take the hump, give someone the hump

6. (slang) A painfully boorish person.

   That guy is such a hump!

7. A speed hump.
8. A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.

Synonyms

• (abnormal deformity of the spine) gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback

Translations

• French: bosse
• German: Hügel
• Italian: bozzo
• Portuguese: monte, montículo
• Russian: буго́р

Translations

• French: bosse
• German: Buckel
• Italian: gobba
• Portuguese: corcunda
• Russian: горб
• Spanish: joroba, corcova

Translations

• French: bosse
• German: Höcker
• Italian: gobba, gibbo
• Portuguese: corcova
• Russian: горб
• Spanish: joroba, giba

Translations

• French: sauterie
• Portuguese: trepada
• Russian: совокупле́ние

Translations

• French: cafard
• Italian: paturnie
• Portuguese: mau humor

Verb

hump (humps, present participle humping; past and past participle humped)

1. (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.

   Stop humping the table, you sicko.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
5. (US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
6. (slang, dated) To vex or annoy.

Synonyms

• (to carry) heft, shoulder, tote; see also Thesaurus:carry
• (to go on foot) hike, trek, walk; see also Thesaurus:walk
• (to have sex) bang, bone, ride, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to vex) bother, irk, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy

Translations

• French: arrondir

Translations

• French: trimballer
• Spanish: (Mexico) cochar, montarse

Translations

• French: sauter (tr.); baiser (intr., slang)
• German: bumsen
• Portuguese: trepar
• Russian: тра́хать
• Spanish: (Mexico) cochar; montarse (intr.)

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Hump

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Proper noun

1. (historical, World War 2, slang) The Himalayas, as the challenge for the supply route between India and China.

   The C-47s could not make it over the Hump with a full load and full tanks.

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