hump

See also: Hump

English

Etymology

Probably borrowed 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- (“curved”).

Cognates

Cognate with West Frisian hompe (“lump, chunk”), Icelandic huppur (“flank”), Welsh cwm (“a hollow”), Latin incumbō (“to lie down”), Albanian sumbull (“round button, bud”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”), Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀‎ (xumba, “pot”), Sanskrit कुम्ब (kúmba, “thick end of bone”)). Replaced, and perhaps influenced by, Old English crump (“crooked, bent”). More at cramp.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK) IPA^(key): /hʌmp/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Camels have humps on their backs.

Noun

hump (plural humps)

1. A mound of earth.
2. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
3. (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
4. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
5. (Britain, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.

   get the hump, have the hump, take the hump, give someone the hump

6. (slang) A painfully boorish person.

   That guy is such a hump!

7. A speed hump.
8. A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• humpback
• hump day
• hump yard
• over the hump
• road hump
• speed hump

 

Translations

mound of earth

• Bulgarian: хълм (bg) m (hǎlm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 峰 (zh) (fēng), 丘陵 (zh) (qiūlíng)

• Finnish: keko (fi), kasa (fi)
• French: bosse (fr) f
• German: Hügel (de) m
• Greek: τούμπα, μαγούλα f (toúmpa, magoúla)
• Hungarian: domb (hu), dombocska (hu)

• Italian: bozzo m
• Portuguese: monte (pt) m, montículo (pt) m
• Russian: буго́р (ru) m (bugór), холм (ru) m (xolm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: humak (sh) m, humka (sh) f

• Swedish: kulle (sv)
• Westrobothnian: knaus m

deformity of the human back

• Albanian: gungë (sq) f
• Arabic: سَنَام‎ (ar) m (sanām)
• Armenian: կուզ (hy) (kuz)
• Assamese: কুঁজ (kũz)
• Azerbaijani: donqar
• Belarusian: горб m (horb)
• Bengali: কুঁজ (kũjô)
• Bulgarian: гъ́рбица f (gǎ́rbica)
• Burmese: လပို့ (my) (la.pui.)
• Catalan: gep (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 駝背 (zh), 驼背 (zh) (tuóbèi)

• Czech: hrb (cs) m
• Danish: pukkel c
• Dutch: bult (nl) m, bochel (nl) m
• Finnish: kyttyrä
• French: bosse (fr) f
• Georgian: კუზი (ḳuzi)
• German: Buckel (de) m
• Greek: καμπούρα (el) f (kampoúra)
• Hindi: कूबड़ (hi) (kūbaṛ)
• Hungarian: púp (hu), kinövés (hu)
• Ido: gibozeso (io)
• Italian: gobba (it) f
• Japanese: 瘤 (ja) (こぶ, kobu)
• Kazakh: бүкір (bükir), дөңес (döñes)
• Khmer: បូក (km) (bouk)
• Korean: 곱사 (gopsa), 곱사등 (gopsadeung)
• Kyrgyz: бүкүр (ky) (bükür)
• Lao: ໜອກ (lo) (nǭk), ອອງ (’ǭng)
• Latin: gibbus m, gibber m
• Macedonian: грб m (grb), грпка f (grpka)
• Malay: bonggol (ms)

• Mongolian: бөх (mn) (böh)
• Norwegian: kulrygg m

  Bokmål: pukkel (no) m

  Nynorsk: pukkel m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: гръбъ m (grŭbŭ)

• Old East Slavic: гръбъ m (grŭbŭ)
• Old English: hofor m
• Persian: غوز‎ (quz), گوژ‎ (fa) (guž)
• Polish: garb (pl) m
• Portuguese: corcunda (pt) f
• Romanian: cocoașă (ro) f
• Russian: горб (ru) m (gorb)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гр̏ба f

  Roman: gȑba (sh) f

• Sicilian: immu m, f
• Slovak: hrb (sk) m
• Slovene: gŕba (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gjarb m

  Upper Sorbian: horb m

• Spanish: joroba (es) f, corcova (es) f
• Swedish: puckel (sv) c
• Tajik: кӯз (küz), кӯж (küž)
• Telugu: గూని (te) (gūni)
• Thai: หนอก (th) (nɔ̀ɔk)
• Turkish: kambur (tr)
• Ukrainian: горб m (horb)
• Urdu: کوبڑ‎ (kūbaṛ)
• Uzbek: bukur (uz)
• Vietnamese: bướu (vi)
• Westrobothnian: qwejs f

rounded fleshy mass as in camel's back

• Arabic: حَدَبَة‎ f (ḥadaba), سَنَام‎ (ar) m (sanām)
• Armenian: սապատ (hy) (sapat)
• Assamese: কুঁজ (kũz), চুট (sut)
• Bashkir: үркәс (ürkäs)
• Belarusian: горб m (horb)
• Bulgarian: гърбица f (gǎrbica)
• Burmese: လပို့ (my) (la.pui.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 駝背 (zh), 驼背 (zh) (tuóbèi), 駝峰, 驼峰 (tuófēng), 峰 (zh) (fēng), 瘤 (zh) (liú)

• Dutch: bult (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĝibo
• Finnish: kyttyrä
• French: bosse (fr) f
• Georgian: კუზი (ḳuzi)
• German: Höcker (de) m
• Greek: ύβος (el) m (ývos), καμπούρα (el) f (kampoúra)
• Hausa: tozo
• Hungarian: púp (hu)
• Italian: gobba (it) f, gibbo m
• Japanese: こぶ (ja) (kobu)
• Kazakh: өркеш (örkeş)
• Khmer: បូក (km) (bouk)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کۆپارە‎ (kopare)

  Northern Kurdish: kopare (ku), hawid (ku), milik (ku)

• Kyrgyz: өркөч (ky) (örköç)
• Maori: hiwi

• Mongolian: бөх (mn) (böh)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pukkel (no) m

  Nynorsk: pukkel m

• Old English: hofor m
• Pashto: بوکام‎ m (bokām)
• Polish: garb (pl) m
• Portuguese: corcova (pt) f
• Romanian: cocoașă (ro) f
• Russian: горб (ru) m (gorb)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: kvrga (sh) f

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gjarb m

  Upper Sorbian: horb m

• Spanish: joroba (es) f, giba (es) f
• Swahili: nundu (sw)
• Swedish: puckel (sv) c
• Tatar: өркәч (tt) (örkäç)
• Thai: หนอก (th) (nɔ̀ɔk)
• Turkish: hörgüç (tr)
• Turkmen: örküç
• Ukrainian: горб m (horb)
• Uyghur: ئوركەچ‎ (orkech)
• Uzbek: oʻrkach (uz)
• Volapük: gobad (vo)

slang: act of sexual intercourse

• Bulgarian: съвокупление n (sǎvokuplenie)
• Finnish: pano (fi)
• French: sauterie (fr) f

• Portuguese: trepada (pt) f
• Russian: совокупле́ние (ru) n (sovokuplénije), перепихо́н (ru) m (perepixón) (slang)
• Swedish: ligg (sv) n

bad mood

• Bulgarian: лошо настроение n (lošo nastroenie)
• Finnish: huono tuuli; kyttyrä (idiomatic, slang)
• French: cafard (fr) f

• Italian: paturnie (it)
• Portuguese: mau humor m

slang: painfully boorish person

• Finnish: tylsimys

speed hump — see speed hump

wave in front of an operating hovercraft

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} gobba (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 더미 (deomi) (for earth), ^{(please verify)} 혹 (ko) (hok) (for flesh)

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} kopec m (1), ^{(please verify)} suchár m (5)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మూపురం (te) (mūpuraṃ) (2)

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.
   • 1885, Roosevelt, Theodore, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman:

     The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.

   Stop humping the table, you sicko.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
5. (US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
6. (slang, dated) To vex or annoy.

Synonyms

• (to have sex): bang, bone, ride, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to vex): bother, irk, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy

Derived terms

• dry-hump
• hump it

Translations

to bend something into a hump

• Bulgarian: изгърбвам (izgǎrbvam)
• Finnish: kyyristää (fi), köyristää

• French: arrondir (fr)

to carry something, especially with some exertion

• Bulgarian: гърбя (gǎrbja)
• Finnish: raahata (fi), retuuttaa (fi)
• French: trimballer (fr)

• Japanese: なんとかして運ぶ (nantoka shite hakobu)
• Maori: hōpeke (on one's back)
• Spanish: (Mexico, slang) cochar, montarse (es)

dry-hump — see dry-hump

to have sex with

• Bulgarian: съвокуплявам се (sǎvokupljavam se) (tr.); чукам (bg) (čukam) (intr.)
• Finnish: köyriä (fi)
• French: sauter (fr) (tr.); baiser (fr) (intr., slang)
• German: bumsen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐρείδω (ereídō)

• Hungarian: megdug (tr.); dug (hu) (intr.)
• Norwegian: jokke (no)
• Portuguese: trepar (pt)
• Russian: тра́хать (ru) (tráxatʹ) (tr.); трахаться (ru) (traxatʹsja) (intr.)
• Spanish: (Mexico, slang) cochar; montarse (es) (intr.)
• Swedish: jucka (sv)

Anagrams

• umph

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.

Noun

hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humper, definite plural humpene)

1. a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)

Derived terms

• fartshump

References

• “hump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.

Noun

hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humpar, definite plural humpane)

1. a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)

Derived terms

• fartshump

References

• “hump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.