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hump

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) hump (noun)
  2. 2) hump (verb)
  3. hump rider (noun)
  4. hump-shouldered (adjective)
  5. hump speed (noun)
  6. hump yard (noun)
  7. buffalo hump (noun)
  8. dowager's hump (noun)

1hump

noun \ˈhəmp\

Definition of HUMP

1
: a rounded protuberance: as a : humpback 1 b : a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal (as a camel, bison, or whale) c (1) : mound, hummock (2) : mountain, range <the Himalayan hump>
2
British : a fit of depression or sulking
3
: a difficult, trying, or critical phase or obstacle —often used in the phrase over the hump
— humped adjective
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Examples of HUMP

  1. <failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump>
  2. <a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries>

Origin of HUMP

akin to Middle Low German hump bump, Dutch homp lump, chunk, Frisian homp, himp
First Known Use: 1681

Related to HUMP

Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, entrails, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

Rhymes with HUMP

bump, chump, clomp, clump, comp, crump, dump, flump, frump, grump, jump, lump, plump, pump, rump, schlump, slump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump

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