hump
noun
[ hʌmp ]
• a rounded raised mass of earth or land.
• "they sat on a hump of cropped grass"
• a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or other animal or as an abnormality on the back of a person.
• "his back rose into a kind of hump at the base of the spine"
Similar:
protuberance,
lump,
bump,
knob,
protrusion,
prominence,
projection,
bulge,
swelling,
hunch,
nodule,
node,
mass,
growth,
outgrowth,
excrescence,
tumescence,
tumefaction,
intumescence,
hump
verb
• carry (a heavy object) with difficulty.
• "he continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor"
Similar:
carry,
lug,
heave,
lift,
shoulder,
hoist,
heft,
tote,
schlep,
humph,
upheave,
• make hump-shaped.
• "he turned and humped his body to avoid a rope"
• have sex with.
• go away.
Origin:
early 18th century: probably related to Low German humpe ‘hump’, also to Dutch homp, Low German humpe ‘lump, hunk (of bread)’.
get the hump
• become annoyed or upset.
• "she got the hump and ended up tipping a drink all over him"
