hump
11hump — humper, n. humpless, adj. /hump/, n. 1. a rounded protuberance, esp. a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison. 2. Physical Geog …
12hump — hump1 [hʌmp] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch homp or Low German humpe] 1.) a large round shape that rises above the surface of something ▪ the hump of a hill 2.) speed/traffic humps BrE a series of humps in the road, designed to… …
13hump — /hʌmp / (say hump) noun 1. a rounded protuberance, especially on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals such as the camel and bison. 2. a low, rounded rise of ground;… …
14hump — 1 noun 1 (C) a large round shape that rises above the surface of the ground or a surface: I could just make out the hump of a hill in the distance. 2 (C) one of the two raised parts on the back of a camel 3 (C) a raised part on someone s back… …
15hump — I UK [hʌmp] / US noun [countable] Word forms hump : singular hump plural humps 1) a large round shape that rises above a surface or above the ground They sat on a hump of grass. 2) a large round part on the back of an animal such as a camel 3) a… …
16hump — {{11}}hump (n.) 1680s (in hump backed), from Du. homp lump, from M.L.G. hump bump, from P.Gmc. *hump , from PIE *kemb to bend, turn, change, exchange. Replaced, or perhaps influenced by, crump, from O.E. crump. A meaning attested from 1901 is… …
17hump — I. vb 1. to have sex (with). Once a fashionable word for copulation , according to the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, 1785, hump is now scarcely fashionable but is still a widespread vulgarism, often in the form humping . See also dry… …
18hump — n. & v. n. 1 a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel etc., or as an abnormality on a person s back. 2 a rounded raised mass of earth etc. 3 a mound over which railway vehicles are pushed so as to run by gravity to the required place in a… …
19hump — hump1 [ hʌmp ] noun count 1. ) a large round shape that rises above a surface or above the ground: They sat on a hump of grass. 2. ) a large round part on the back of an animal such as a CAMEL 3. ) a large round part on someone s back that is… …
20hump — A raised portion on the rim bead seat of passenger car wheels, retaining the beads of an insufficiently inflated tubeless tire on the bead seats, thereby preventing the tire beads from jumping into the rim well. Also see flat hump hump rim… …
