hump

🇺🇸 /hʌmp/ 🇬🇧 /hʌmp/
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noun
R

A raised area on a surface, like the ground.

The car went over a hump in the road.

R

A big curved part on an animal's back, like a camel.

The camel's hump was full of stored fat.

R

A round raised part on a person's back due to a spine curve.

His hump made it difficult to find comfortable seating.

verb
R

To carry something heavy with effort.

He had to hump the heavy boxes up the stairs.

R

To have sexual intercourse.

They were caught trying to hump in the back of the car.

translation

n. A raised area on a surface, like the ground.; A big curved part on an animal's back, like a camel.; A round raised part on a person's back due to a spine curve.
v. To carry something heavy with effort.; To have sexual intercourse.

Word Forms

3rd Present humps
Past humped
Perfect humped
Progressive humping
Plural humps