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noun
1.
a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
2.
Physical Geography.
a.
a low, rounded rise of ground; hummock.
b.
a mountain or mountain range.
3.
Railroads. (in a switchyard) a raised area down which cars pushed to its crest roll by gravity and momentum for automatic sorting through a series of preset switches.
4.
Slang: Vulgar.
a.
an act or instance of coitus.
b.
a partner in coitus.
5.
the hump,
a.
British Slang. a fit of depression or bad humor: to get the hump.
b.
(initial capital letter) (in World War II) the Himalayas.
verb (used with object)
6.
to raise (the back) in a hump; hunch: The cat humped its back.
7.
Railroads. to sort (cars) by means of a hump.
8.
Informal. to exert (oneself) in a great effort.
9.
Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with.
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Humpless
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verb (used without object)
Idiom11.
to rise in a hump.
12.
Informal. to exert oneself; hustle or hurry.
13.
Slang: Vulgar. to engage in sexual intercourse.
14.
over the hump, past the most difficult, time-consuming, or dangerous part or period: The doctor says she's over the hump now and should improve steadily.
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Word Origin & History
hump
1680s (in hump-backed), from Du. homp "lump," from M.L.G. hump "bump," from P.Gmc. *khump-. Replaced, or perhaps influenced by, O.E. crump. A meaning attested from 1901 is "mound in a railway yard over which cars must be pushed," which may be behind the figurative sense of "critical point of an undertaking"
EXPAND(1914). The verb meaning "to do the sex act with" is attested from 1785, but the source of this indicates it is an older word. Humpback whale is from 1725.
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hump (along) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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