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
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- Rhymes: -ʌmp
Camels have humps on their backs.
Noun
hump (plural humps)
- A mound of earth.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.
- get the hump, have the hump, take the hump, give someone the hump
- (slang) A painfully boorish person.
- That guy is such a hump!
- A speed hump.
- A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
act of sexual intercourse
Translations to be checked
Verb
hump (third-person singular simple present humps, present participle humping, simple past and past participle humped)
- (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
- (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
Stop humping the table, you sicko.
- (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
- (US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
- (slang, dated) To vex or annoy.
Derived terms
Translations
transitive: to bend something into a hump
transitive, slang: to carry something, especially with some exertion
transitive, slang: to have sex with
intransitive, slang: to carry, especially with some exertion
intransitive, slang: to have sex
Anagrams
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)
- a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)
Derived terms
References
- “hump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
- a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)
Derived terms
References
- “hump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.