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hump

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Noun

  1. A mound of earth.
  2. A speed bump or speed hump.
  3. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
  4. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
  5. An act of sexual intercourse.
  6. A bad mood.
  7. A painfully boorish person.
  8. A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.

Verb

  1. To bend something into a hump.
  2. To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
  3. To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse: To dry-hump.
  4. To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse: To have sex (with).
  5. To exert oneself; to make an effort.
  6. To vex or annoy.
  7. To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.

Proper noun

  1. The Himalayas (a mountain range in Asia), as the challenge for the supply route between India and China.
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Humphrey or Humphry.

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