Hump definition
- Such a lump resulting from kyphosis.
- The fleshy mass on the back of a camel.
The C-47s could not make it over the Hump with a full load and full tanks.
An example of a hump is a rounded mass on someone's back caused by a curve in the spine.
The cat humped its back.
An example of hump is to walk bent over with the shoulders down.
An example of hump is to race through the day.
An example of hump is to have sex with someone.
- Past the worst or most difficult part or stage:At last I'm over the hump on my term paper.
- over the worst or most difficult part
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of hump
- Probably of Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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”).
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