hump

Pronunciation

• (Canada) (UK) IPA ^(key): /hʌmp/

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Noun

Singular hump

Plural humps

A nose with a hump on it

The camel on the left has one hump on its back and the camel on the right has two humps on its back.

1. (countable) A high place on something, a part that sticks up.

   A camel has a hump on its back.

2. Something difficult to get past.

   We were over the hump after the big exam.

Verb

Plain form hump

Third-person singular humps

Past tense humped

Past participle humped

Present participle humping

1. (slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

   That jerk just humped her and dumped her!

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