hump it

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English

Verb

hump it

  1. (informal) To depart in a hurry; to flee.
    • C. L. Money
      Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush.
    • McClure's Magazine
      A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow.
  2. (US Army, slang) To carry something, like a heavy pack.
    You're gonna have to hump it to the pick-up point.