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- [huhmp]
- /hʌmp/
- /hʌmp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhmp]
- /hʌmp/
Definitions of hump word
- noun hump a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison. 1
- noun hump Physical Geography. a low, rounded rise of ground; hummock. a mountain or mountain range. 1
- noun hump Railroads. (in a switchyard) a raised area down which cars pushed to its crest roll by gravity and momentum for automatic sorting through a series of preset switches. 1
- noun hump Slang: Vulgar. an act or instance of coitus. a partner in coitus. 1
- noun hump the hump. British Slang. a fit of depression or bad humor: to get the hump. (initial capital letter) (in World War II) the Himalayas. 1
- verb with object hump to raise (the back) in a hump; hunch: The cat humped its back. 1
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Origin of hump
First appearance:
before 1700 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; probably abstracted from humpbacked
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hump
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hump popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hump usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hump
noun hump
- knob — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- ridge — a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- hunch — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- bulge — If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
verb hump
- lug — Linux User Group
- traject — to transport, transmit, or transpose.
- go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
- piggyback — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
Antonyms for hump
noun hump
- flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
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