Hump Definition

hŭmp

humped, humping, humps

noun

humps

A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle.

American Heritage Medicine

A rounded, protruding lump.

Webster's New World

A deformity of the back in humans caused by an abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine.

American Heritage Medicine

A hummock; mound.

Webster's New World

The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
depression

verb

humped, humping, humps

To hunch; arch.

The cat humped its back.

Webster's New World

To exert oneself.

Webster's New World

To carry on the back.

Webster's New World

To have sexual intercourse with.

Webster's New World

To hurry.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
hunch over
hunch forward
hunch
bonk
get-it-on
bang
have a go at it
bed
lie-with
eff
jazz
get-laid
sleep with
make-love
make out

pronoun

(historical, World War 2, slang) The Himalayas, as the challenge for the supply route between India and China.

The C-47s could not make it over the Hump with a full load and full tanks.

Wiktionary

idiom

over the hump

Past the worst or most difficult part or stage:
At last I'm over the hump on my term paper.

American Heritage

over the hump

over the worst or most difficult part

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hump

Noun

Singular:

hump

Plural:

humps

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hump

over the hump
over the hump

Origin of Hump

Probably 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-, *kumbʰ- (“curved”).

From Wiktionary
Probably of Low German origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition