hump

== English == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”). Compare Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb-, *ḱewb- (unnasalised root), and English hub (a softened variant without nasal?). Cognate with West Frisian hompe (“lump, chunk”), Icelandic huppur (“flank”), Welsh cwm (“a hollow”), Latin incumbō (“to lie down”), Albanian sumbull (“round button, bud”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”), Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba, “pot”), Sanskrit कुम्ब (kúmba, “thick end of bone”). Replaced, and perhaps influenced by, Old English crump (“crooked, bent”). More at cramp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʌmp/, [hɐmp] Rhymes: -ʌmp === Noun === hump (plural humps) A mound of earth. A speed bump or speed hump. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu. Synonym: bulge (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse. (British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood. (slang) A painfully boorish person. A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds. ==== Synonyms ==== (abnormal deformity of the spine): gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hump (third-person singular simple present humps, present participle humping, simple past and past participle humped) (transitive) To bend something into a hump. (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion. To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse. (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump. (vulgar, slang, transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with). (US, slang, dated) To exert oneself; to make an effort. 1917, Hart Crane, letter, in Complete Poems & Selected Letters, Library of America 2006: Lessons are keeping me humping now, and will probably do so all summer. (slang, dated) To vex or annoy. (rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard. (UK, slang, transitive, obsolete) To botch or spoil. ==== Synonyms ==== (to carry): heft, shoulder, tote; see also Thesaurus:carry (to go on foot): hike, trek, walk; see also Thesaurus:walk (to have sex): bang, bone, ride, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with (to vex): bother, irk, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === phum, umph == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump. === Noun === hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humper, definite plural humpene) a bump or hump (e.g. in a road) ==== Derived terms ==== fartshump === References === “hump” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump. === Noun === hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humpar, definite plural humpane) a bump or hump (e.g. in a road) ==== Derived terms ==== fartshump === References === “hump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Noun === hump c (agriculture) Dialectal (e.g. Östergötland) form of utmark and utäga (“outfield”)