HUMP

bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

(noun) 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”

hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over

(verb) round one’s back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

hump (plural humps)

A mound of earth.

A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.

(animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.

(slang) An act of sexual intercourse.

(British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.

(slang) A painfully boorish person.

A speed hump.

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

Verb

hump (third-person singular simple present humps, present participle humping, simple past and past participle humped)

(transitive) To bend something into a hump.

(transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.

to rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse

(transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.

(transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).

(US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.

(slang, dated) To vex or annoy.

(rail) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.

Synonyms

• (to carry): heft, shoulder, tote; see also carry

• (to go on foot): hike, trek, walk; see also walk

• (to have sex): bang, bone, ride, shag; see also copulate or copulate with

• (to vex): bother, irk, rile; see also annoy

Anagrams

• umph

Proper noun

the Hump

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

Anagrams

• umph

Source: Wiktionary

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Hump, n. Etym: [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. Hunch.]

1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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