hump Definition

hump
noun

1. A large rounded lump of fat on the back of a camel that serves as an energy store when food is scarce.
2. An abnormal curvature of the spine that gives the back a hunched appearance, due to spinal deformity.
3. A rounded lump on a road.
(Brit)
4. colloq
A feeling of despondency or annoyance.

verb humped, humping

1. To hunch or bend in a hump.
2. To shoulder or carry (especially something awkward or heavy) with difficulty.

Form: hump something about (usually)
Form: hump something around
3. To strain or exert oneself.
tr & intr
4. coarse slang
To have sexual intercourse with someone.

Derivative: humpy

Having a hump or humps.

Sulky or irritable.

Idiom: have the hump (give someone the hump)

To be in, or put someone in, a bad mood or sulk.

Idiom: over the hump

colloq
Past the crisis; over the worst.

Etymology: 18c.