Definitions for hump
hʌmphump

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescenceverb

   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"

2. hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch oververb

   round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

3. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonkverb

   have sexual intercourse with

   "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

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1. Humpnoun

   (Railroad) a portion of a switchyard with a slanting track in which freight cars may coast without an engine and be sorted through a series of switches.

2. Humpverb

   (Railroad) to sort freight cars by means of a hump.

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. humpnoun

   A mound of earth.

2. humpnoun

   A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.

3. humpnoun

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

4. humpnoun

   An act of sexual intercourse.

5. humpnoun

   A bad mood, especially in the expression to have the hump.

6. humpnoun

   A painfully boorish person.

   That guy is such a hump!

7. humpverb

   To bend something into a hump.

8. humpverb

   To carry something, especially with some exertion.

9. humpverb

   To carry, especially with some exertion.

10. humpverb

    To dry-hump.

11. humpverb

    To have sex with.

12. humpverb

    To have sex.

13. Humpnoun

    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.

14. Etymology: Probably from homp or Hump, Humpe, from *, from humpaz, from kumb-. Cognate with hompe, huppur, Welsh cwm, Latin incumbo, Albanian sumbull, Ancient Greek κύμβη, Avestan, Sanskrit कुम्ब). Replaced, and perhaps influenced by, crump. More at cramp.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Humpnoun

   The protuberance formed by a crooked back.

   Etymology: corrupted perhaps from bump.

   These defects were mended by succeeding matches; the eyes were opened in the next generation, and the hump fell. Tatler, №. 74.

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1. hump

   A hump is a bump or raised part on a surface, object, or body, which is usually rounded or curved in shape. It can also refer to an increase or peak in level, amount or degree in a particular aspect, often referring to a difficulty or obstacle that needs to be overcome.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Humpnoun

   a protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back

2. Humpnoun

   a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale

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

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1. Hump

   Hump is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in New Mutants #91.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hump

   hump, n. a lump or hunch upon the back.—v.t. to bend in a hump: (U.S. slang) to prepare for a great exertion: (slang) to vex or annoy.—v.i. to put forth effort.—n. Hump′back, a back with a hump or hunch: a person with a humpback.—adjs. Hump′backed, having a humpback; Humped, having a hump on the back; Hump′y, full of humps or protuberances. [Prob. a nasalised form of heap.]

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1. HUMP

   What does HUMP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HUMP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Anagrams for hump »

1. umph

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hump in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hump in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hump in a Sentence

1. Mark Knight:

   The roof of the building collapsed, and what's fantastic is that there is a sort of hump beneath that center, which suggests the contents of the building are underneath the roof as well. So over the next few weeks we will take the roof away and see what's underneath.

2. New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry:

   I really appreciate everything that they did and how hard they played, i thought we kept trying to battle our way back into the game. We just couldn't quite get over the hump. I would say the only negative was at the end when we had some miscommunication on a couple of things. I would not take anything away from this group.

3. Christopher Granville:

   My prediction would be that both the funds would be fully drawn down between now and the 2018 election - leaving Russia at the mercy (after that) of the markets, that will require another round of yet more painful decisions. But they will face those over the hump of the political cycle, with no more elections.

4. Lance Leipold:

   Our margin of error is very small right now. I think that's pretty evident, we had some moments where we were knocking on the door, but just couldn't quite get over the hump.

5. Rosie Perez:

   I met this girl named Michelle, [and ] all I wanted to do was hump her .?.?. and I suppressed the urge until Michelle, one day, started humping on me.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hump
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=hump
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hump
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hump
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hump
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hump
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hump