hump /hʌmp/noun 8verb 9forms 3phrases 1 noun8 •A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine. •A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu. •A mound of earth. •A speed bump or speed hump. •(UK, slang) A bad mood.She's got the hump with me.Go away! You're giving me the right hump. •(slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse. •A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds. •(slang) A painfully boorish person.That guy is such a hump! verb9 •To bend something into a hump.The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. — 1885 •(slang, vulgar) To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse. •(slang, vulgar) To dry-hump.Stop humping the table, you sicko. •(slang, vulgar) To have sex (with). •To carry (something), especially with some exertion.For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen. — 1918 •(slang, old-fashioned) To exert oneself; to make an effort.Lessons are keeping me humping now, and will probably do so all summer. — 1917 •To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard. •(slang, old-fashioned) To vex or annoy. •(slang, no longer used) To botch or spoil."Why, sir," said one patterer, "I've gone out with a mate to work a litany, and he's humped it in no time." To 'hump,' in street parlance, is equivalent to 'botch,' in more genteel colloquialism. — 1851 formshumped · humping · humps Phrases with hump over the humpPast the most challenging part of something.
