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hump

(hŭmp)

1. A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle.

2. A deformity of the back in humans caused by an abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine.

3. Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.

a. A low mound of earth; a hummock.

b. A mountain range.

5. Chiefly British A fit of depression; an emotional slump.

v. humped, hump·ing, humps

v.tr.

1. To bend or round into a hump; arch.

2. Slang

a. To exert (oneself).

b. To carry, especially on the back.

3. Vulgar Slang To engage in sexual intercourse with.

v.intr.

1. Slang To exert oneself.

2. Slang To hurry.

3. Vulgar Slang To engage in sexual intercourse.

Idiom:

over the hump

Past the worst or most difficult part or stage: At last I'm over the hump on my term paper.

[Probably of Low German origin.]

humped (hŭmpt) adj.

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hump

(hʌmp)

1. a rounded protuberance or projection, as of earth, sand, etc

2. (Pathology) pathol a rounded deformity of the back in persons with kyphosis, consisting of a convex spinal curvature

3. (Zoology) a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or related animal

4. the hump informal Brit a fit of depression or sulking (esp in the phrase it gives me the hump)

5. over the hump past the largest or most difficult portion of work, time, etc

6. to form or become a hump; hunch; arch

7. (tr) slang Brit to carry or heave

8. slang to have sexual intercourse with (someone)

9. hump one's swag informal Austral and NZ (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back

[C18: probably from earlier humpbacked]

ˈhumpˌlike adj

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hump

(hʌmp)
n.

1. a rounded protuberance, esp. 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.

a. a low, rounded rise of ground; hummock.

b. a mountain or mountain range.

3. Vulgar Slang. an act or instance of sexual intercourse.

4. Brit. low spirits.

v.t.

5. to raise (the back) in a hump; hunch.

6. Slang. to exert (oneself) in a great effort.

7. Vulgar Slang. to have sexual intercourse with.

8. Chiefly Brit. to carry on the back.

v.i.

9. to rise in a hump.

10. Slang.

a. to exert oneself; hustle.

b. to hurry.

11. Vulgar Slang. to engage in sexual intercourse.

Idioms:

over the hump, past the greatest difficulties or dangers.

[1700–10; probably extracted from humpbacked]

hump′er, n.

hump

Past participle: humped
Gerund: humping

Imperative
hump
hump

Present
I hump
you hump
he/she/it humps
we hump
you hump
they hump

Preterite
I humped
you humped
he/she/it humped
we humped
you humped
they humped

Present Continuous
I am humping
you are humping
he/she/it is humping
we are humping
you are humping
they are humping

Present Perfect
I have humped
you have humped
he/she/it has humped
we have humped
you have humped
they have humped

Past Continuous
I was humping
you were humping
he/she/it was humping
we were humping
you were humping
they were humping

Past Perfect
I had humped
you had humped
he/she/it had humped
we had humped
you had humped
they had humped

Future
I will hump
you will hump
he/she/it will hump
we will hump
you will hump
they will hump

Future Perfect
I will have humped
you will have humped
he/she/it will have humped
we will have humped
you will have humped
they will have humped

Future Continuous
I will be humping
you will be humping
he/she/it will be humping
we will be humping
you will be humping
they will be humping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been humping
you have been humping
he/she/it has been humping
we have been humping
you have been humping
they have been humping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been humping
you will have been humping
he/she/it will have been humping
we will have been humping
you will have been humping
they will have been humping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been humping
you had been humping
he/she/it had been humping
we had been humping
you had been humping
they had been humping

Conditional
I would hump
you would hump
he/she/it would hump
we would hump
you would hump
they would hump

Past Conditional
I would have humped
you would have humped
he/she/it would have humped
we would have humped
you would have humped
they would have humped

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Noun	1.	hump - 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" excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" mogul - a bump on a ski slope nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Verb	1.	hump - round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward hunch, hunch forward, hunch over change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
	2.	hump - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, be intimate, lie with, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, make love, jazz, love, bed, bang, make out, know neck, make out - kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" have, take - have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"

hump

noun

1. lump, bump, projection, bulge, mound, hunch, knob, protuberance, protrusion The path goes over a large hump by a tree.

verb

1. (Informal) carry, lug, heave, hoist, shoulder, humph (Scot.) Charlie humped his rucksack up the stairs.

get the hump (Brit. informal) sulk, mope, be in the doldrums, get the blues, be down in the dumps (informal)

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hump

noun

An unevenness or elevation on a surface:

bump, knob, knot, lump, nub, protuberance.

verb

To incline the body:

arch, bend, bow, hunch, scrunch, stoop.

Translations

حَدْبَة في الأرضحَدْبَه، سَنام

hrbpahrbek

bakkepukkel

Buckel Höcker Hügel bumsen

καμπούρα ύβος

bosse cafard sauter trimballer arrondir

grba

púpdomborulat

hnúîur, kryppa, herîakistillhóll

gobba portare a spalla collinetta

こぶなんとかして運ぶ瘤

gūbryskauburyskupraskliautinis

kuprispaugurs

pukkel tue

corcunda trepar

hrb

grba

hörgüçtepeciktümsek

小丘道路隆起隆肉驼峰

hump

[hʌmp]

A. N

1. (Anat) → joroba f

2. [of camel] → giba f

3. (in ground) → montecillo m
we're over the hump (fig) → ya pasamos lo peor

4. (Brit) (= bad mood) it gives me the hump → me fastidia, me molesta
to have the hump → estar de mal humor

B. VT

1. (= arch) → encorvar
to hump one's back → encorvarse

2. (= carry) → llevar

3. (= have sex with) → joder (Sp) , coger (LAm)

C. VI (= have sex) → joder, follar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hump

[ˈhʌmp] n → bosse f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hump

(Anat) → Buckel m; (of camel) → Höcker m

(= hillock) → Hügel m, → Buckel m (esp S Ger); we’re over the hump now (fig) → wir sind jetzt über den Berg

(Brit inf) he’s got the hump → er ist sauer (inf); he/that gives me the hump → er/das fällt mir auf den Wecker (inf)

to hump one’s back → einen Buckel machen

(inf: = carry) → schleppen; (on back, shoulders) → auf dem Rücken/den Schultern tragen or schleppen

(inf: = have sex with) → bumsen (inf)

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hump

[hʌmp]

1. n (Anat) → gobba
it gives me the hump (Brit) (fam) → mi mette di malumore
we're over the hump (fig) → il peggio è passato, il più è fatto

2. vt

a. (arch, back) → inarcare

b. (fam) (carry) → portare

hump

(hamp) noun

1. a large lump on the back of an animal, person etc. a camel's hump.

2. part of a road etc which rises and falls in the shape of a hump.

ˈhumpback noun

a back with a hump.

adjective

rising and falling in the shape of a hump. a humpback bridge.

ˈhumpbacked adjective

having a hump on the back.

hump

n. joroba, corcova, jiba.

hump

n (on the back) joroba

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