hump

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Probably cognate with:

• kyphosis (from Greek κύφος (kyphos) "humpbacked")
• cube (from Greek κύβος (kybos) "cube, vertebra")
• cubit (from Latin cubitum "cubit, elbow")
• incubate (from Latin incubare "to lie on")
• incubus
• incumbent
• cymbal (from Latin cymbalum from Greek kymbalon from kymbe "bowl")

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Canadian, British) IPA: /hʌmp/
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  Rhymes: -ʌmp

[edit] Noun

hump (plural humps)

1. A mound of earth.
2. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel.
3. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
4. (British, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
5. (slang) (British) A bad mood, especially in the expression to have the hump.
6. (slang) A painfully boorish person.

   That guy is such a hump!

7. (The Hump) World War 2 slang for the supply route between India and China over the Himalaya mountain range.

[edit] Synonyms

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

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[edit] See also

• over the hump
• hump day

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
2. (transitive, slang) To carry something, especially with some exertion.
3. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
4. (intransitive, slang) To carry, especially with some exertion.
5. (intransitive, slang) To have sex.

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