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

• 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. (British, 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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:

rounded fleshy mass

• Armenian: սապատ (hy) (sapat)
• Assamese: কুঁজ (kũz), চুট (sut)
• Bulgarian: гърбица f (gǎrbica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瘤 (zh) (liú)

• Esperanto: ĝibo
• Finnish: kyttyrä
• French: bosse (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کۆپارە (kopare)

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

• Maori: hiwi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pukkel (no) m

  Nynorsk: pukkel m

• Old English: hofor m
• 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
• Turkish: hörgüç (tr)
• Volapük: gobad (vo)

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 (kũj)
• Bulgarian: гърбица f (gǎrbica)
• Burmese: လပို့ (my) (la.pui.)
• Catalan: gep (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 駝背／驼背 (zh) (tuóbèi), 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 (bükır), дөңес (döñes)
• Khmer: បូក (km) (bouk)
• Korean: 곱사 (gopsa), 곱사등 (gopsadeung)
• Kyrgyz: бүкүр (ky) (bükür)
• Lao: ໜອກ (lo) (nǭk), ອອງ (ʼǭng)
• Latin: gibbus
• Macedonian: грб m (grb), грпка f (grpka)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: bonggol (ms)
• Mongolian: бөх (mn) (böx)
• Norwegian: kulrygg m

  Bokmål: pukkel (no) m

  Nynorsk: pukkel m

• 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: грба f

  Roman: grba (sh) f

• Sicilian: immu m, f
• Slovak: hrb (sk) m
• Slovene: grba (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:

on camel's back

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

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

• Dutch: bult (nl) m
• Georgian: კუზი (ḳuzi)
• German: Höcker (de) m
• Kazakh: өркеш (örkeş)
• Khmer: បូក (km) (bouk)
• Kyrgyz: өркөч (ky) (örköc)
• Mongolian: бөх (mn) (böx)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: pukkel (no) m
• Old English: hofor m
• Pashto: بوکام m (bokām)
• Portuguese: corcova (pt) f
• Russian: горб (ru) m (gorb)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gjarb m

• Tatar: өркәч (tt) (örkäç)
• Thai: หนอก (th) (nɔ̀ɔk)
• Turkish: hörgüç (tr)
• Turkmen: örküç
• Ukrainian: горб m (horb)
• Uyghur: ئوركەچ (orkech)
• Uzbek: oʻrkach (uz)

act of sexual intercourse

• Bulgarian: съвокупление n (sǎvokuplenie)
• Finnish: pano (fi)
• French: sauterie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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: kyttyrä
• French: cafard (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: paturnie (it)
• Portuguese: mau humor m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} gobba (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: ^{(please verify)} 더미 (deomi) (for earth), ^{(please verify)} 혹 (ko) (hok) (for flesh)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Slovak: ^{(please verify)} kopec m (1), ^{(please verify)} suchár m (5)
• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మూపురం (te) (mūpuraṁ) (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.
   • Theodore Roosevelt

     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.

Derived terms

• dry-hump
• hump it

Translations

transitive: to bend something into a hump

• Bulgarian: изгърбвам (izgǎrbvam)
• Finnish: taivuttaa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: arrondir (fr)

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

• Finnish: raahata (fi)
• French: trimballer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: なんとかして運ぶ (nantoka shite hakobu)
• Maori: hōpeke (on one's back)

transitive, slang: to have sex with

• Bulgarian: съвокуплявам се (sǎvokupljavam se)
• Finnish: köyriä (fi)
• French: sauter (fr)
• German: bumsen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐρείδω (ereídō)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: megdug
• Norwegian: jokke (no)
• Portuguese: trepar (pt)
• Russian: тра́хать (ru) (tráxatʹ)
• Spanish: (Mexico, slang) cochar

intransitive, slang: to carry, especially with some exertion

• Bulgarian: гърбя (gǎrbja)
• Finnish: raahata (fi)
• French: trimballer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: なんとかして運ぶ (nantoka shite hakobu)
• Spanish: (Mexico, slang) cochar, montarse (es)

intransitive, slang: to have sex

• Bulgarian: чукам (bg) (čukam)
• Finnish: köyriä (fi)
• French: (slang) baiser (fr)
• German: bumsen (de)
• Hungarian: dug (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: jokke (no)
• Portuguese: trepar (pt)
• Russian: трахаться (ru) (traxatʹsja)
• Spanish: montarse (es)
• 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.