hump

See also Hump

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK) IPA: /hʌmp/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Etymology

Probably from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Low German Hump, Humpe (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb-, *kumbʰ- (“curved”). Cognate with West Frisian hompe (“lump, chunk”), Icelandic huppur (“flank”), Welsh cwm (“a hollow”), Latin incumbō, Albanian sumbull (“round button, bud”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kýmbē, “bowl”), Avestan  (xumba, “pot”), Sanskrit कुम्ब (kúmba, “thick end of bone”)). Replaced, and perhaps influenced by, Old English crump (“crooked, bent”). More at cramp.

Noun

hump (plural humps)

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

   That guy is such a hump!

Synonyms

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

Translations

Mound of earth

French: bosse (fr) f. German: Hügel (de) m.

Italian: bozzo (it) m. Russian: бугор (ru) m.

Rounded fleshy mass

French: bosse (fr) f. German: Höcker (de) m. Greek: ύβος (el) (ývos) m., καμπούρα (el) (kamboúra) f. Italian: gobba (it) f., gibbo (it) m.

Polish: garb (pl) m. Russian: горб (ru) m. Swahili: nundu (sw) Turkish: hörgüç (tr)

Deformity of the human back

Albanian: gungë f. Catalan: gep m. Croatian: grba (hr) f. Czech: hrb (cs) m. French: bosse (fr) f. Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Buckel (de) m., Höcker (de) m. Greek: καμπούρα (el) (kamboúra) f. Hungarian: púp (hu) Ido: gibozeso (io) Italian: gobba (it) f. Japanese: こぶ (ja) (kobu), 瘤 (ja) (kobu)

Korean: 곱사 (gobsa, gopsa) Latin: gibbus (la) Norwegian: pukkel (no) m., kulrygg (no) m. Polish: garb (pl) m. Portuguese: corcunda (pt) f. Romanian: cocoașă f. Russian: горб (ru) m. Sicilian: immu m. , f. Slovak: hrb (sk) m. Slovene: grba (sl) f. Spanish: joroba (es) f., corcova (es) f. Telugu: గూని (gooni) Turkish: kambur (tr)

Act of sexual intercourse

French: sauterie (fr) f.

Bad mood

French: cafard (fr) f.

Italian: paturnie (it)

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Italian: gobba f. Korean: 더미 (deomi) (for earth), 혹 (hog, hok) (for flesh)

Portuguese: montículo (1), corcova (2), trepada (4), aborrecer (5) Slovak: kopec m. (1), hrb m. (2), suchár m. (5) Spanish: joroba f., giba f. Telugu: మూపురం (moopuraM) (2)

See also

• over the hump
• hump day

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• dry-hump

Translations

transitive: to bend something into a hump

French: arrondir (fr)

transitive, slang: to carry something, especially with some exertion

French: trimballer (fr)

Japanese: なんとかして運ぶ (ja) (nantoka shite hakobu)

transitive, slang: to have sex with

French: sauter (fr) German: bumsen (de) Norwegian: jokke (no)

Portuguese: trepar (pt) Russian: трахать (ru) Spanish: (Mexico, slang) cochar (es)

intransitive, slang: to carry, especially with some exertion

French: trimballer (fr) Japanese: なんとかして運ぶ (ja) (nantoka shite hakobu)

Spanish: (Mexico, slang) cochar (es)

intransitive, slang: to have sex

French: (slang) baiser (fr) German: bumsen Norwegian: jokke (no)

Portuguese: trepar (pt) Russian: трахаться (ru)