humpy /ˈhʌmpi/adjective 4noun 3forms 3 adjective4 •Characterised by humps, uneven.A very weary small boy and a weary father and mother were soon asleep in the hardest and humpiest bed ever made. — 1907 •Sulky; irritable. •Muscular; hunky.The artist [Michelangelo] spends most of his time avoiding the Pope's clutches and pursuing his humpy, young models about the city and the studio. — 1981 •Hunched, bent over. noun3 •(Australia) A temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, traditionally used by Aboriginal people.It was a new humpy of bark and saplings, quaintly impressive of white man’s defiance of the wild. — 1937 •(Australia) Any crude or temporary dwelling, especially made from found materials; a bush hut.They did nothing much more in the way of building than to erect a number of crazy humpies of such materials as bark and kerosene-cans […] — 1938 •A white perch (Morone americana). formshumpies · humpier · humpiest
