hump
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A mound of earth.
- A speed bump or speed hump.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- A bad mood.
- A painfully boorish person.
- A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
Verb
- To bend something into a hump.
- To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
- To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse: To dry-hump.
- To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse: To have sex (with).
- To exert oneself; to make an effort.
- To vex or annoy.
- To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.
Proper noun
- The Himalayas (a mountain range in Asia), as the challenge for the supply route between India and China.
- A diminutive of the male given names Humphrey or Humphry.
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