Hump Definition
hŭmp
humped, humping, humps
noun
humps
A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle.
American Heritage Medicine
A rounded, protruding lump.
Webster's New World
A deformity of the back in humans caused by an abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine.
American Heritage Medicine
A hummock; mound.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.
American Heritage
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verb
humped, humping, humps
To hunch; arch.
The cat humped its back.
Webster's New World
To exert oneself.
Webster's New World
To carry on the back.
Webster's New World
To have sexual intercourse with.
Webster's New World
To hurry.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(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.
Wiktionary
idiom
over the hump
- Past the worst or most difficult part or stage:
At last I'm over the hump on my term paper.
American Heritage
over the hump
- over the worst or most difficult part
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hump
- over the hump
- over the hump
Origin of Hump
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Probably from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb-, *kumbʰ- (“curved”).
From Wiktionary
Probably of Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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