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Plural for a rounded protuberance, especially if found on the back of an animal or person
“They have a slender body with a low dorsal hump and no dorsal fin.”
Plural for a naturally raised area of land
“The wheels of the jeep jerked over a large hump in the road.”
Plural for a mountain or hill
“He sees the mountain as a great, black, boggy, cloud-capped hump rising from the sea.”
Plural for a fit of sulking or ill humor
“Her continued stare gave me the hump, and I snapped.”
Plural for a period of sulking
Plural for a raised ridge or hump designed to slow down vehicles
Plural for any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
Plural for feelings of severe despondency and dejection
Plural for a shape resembling an arch
To curl or curve (into a hump shape)
“Without further pause and again in silence, I hump my body up over the rock.”
To carry (a heavy object) with difficulty
“My two sons helped to hump the heavy stuff into and out of the van.”
To apply great and continuous effort
“They really had to hump to get the machinery back in service.”
To move or travel hurriedly
To engage in carnal activity
To cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful
To simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching
To push suddenly or violently in a specified direction
To lift upwards or vertically
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