hump
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishShapes, patterns, Animals, Illness & disabilityhumphump1 /hʌmp/ noun1 [countable]CFROUND a large round shape that rises above the surface of somethingthe hump of a hill2 → speed/traffic humps3
[countable]HBA a raised part on the back of a camel4 [countable]MI a raised part on someone’s back that is caused by an unusually curved spine → hunchback5 → be over the hump6 → give somebody the hump/get the humphumphump2 verb informal1 [transitive] British EnglishCARRY to carry something heavy from one place to another with difficulty SYN heave, lug, → draghump something down/along/across etcI managed to hump the suitcases upstairs.2 [intransitive, transitive] not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have sex with someone→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushump• Their cases humped upstairs and put into the bedroom, Adam looked Rufus Fletcher up in the phone book.Origin hump1 (1600-1700) Perhaps from Dutch homp or Low German humpe
[countable]HBA a raised part on the back of a camel4 [countable]MI a raised part on someone’s back that is caused by an unusually curved spine → hunchback5 → be over the hump6 → give somebody the hump/get the humphumphump2 verb informal1 [transitive] British EnglishCARRY to carry something heavy from one place to another with difficulty SYN heave, lug, → draghump something down/along/across etcI managed to hump the suitcases upstairs.2 [intransitive, transitive] not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have sex with someone→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushump• Their cases humped upstairs and put into the bedroom, Adam looked Rufus Fletcher up in the phone book.Origin hump1 (1600-1700) Perhaps from Dutch homp or Low German humpe