Definition of hunchback in English:
hunchback
noun ˈhʌn(t)ʃbakˈhən(t)ʃbæk
1A back deformed by a sharp forward angle, forming a hump, typically caused by collapse of a vertebra.
Example sentencesExamples
- She had a hunchback and walked with a stick.
- This was so from the very beginning, for the supposed peculiarities of his birth and the hunchback, for which he is renowned, were but inventions to signify evil.
- You'd see old ladies with hunchbacks, who had been harvesting their whole lives.
- A jolly, easy-go-lucky fellow who hides all his sorrow within and portrays a comical figure, laughing at himself and about his hunchback.
- She was petite and had a dowager's hump or minor hunchback.
- Gus is self-consciously aware of his hunchback and tries to stand taller than everyone else, with tough-as-nails determination and on-demand availability.
- The condition leaves a child short in stature and prone to developing a hunchback.
- 1.1dated, offensive A person with a hunchback.
Definition of hunchback in US English:
hunchback
nounˈhən(t)SHbakˈhən(t)ʃbæk
1A back deformed by a sharp forward angle, forming a hump, typically caused by collapse of a vertebra.
Example sentencesExamples
- You'd see old ladies with hunchbacks, who had been harvesting their whole lives.
- She was petite and had a dowager's hump or minor hunchback.
- Gus is self-consciously aware of his hunchback and tries to stand taller than everyone else, with tough-as-nails determination and on-demand availability.
- The condition leaves a child short in stature and prone to developing a hunchback.
- A jolly, easy-go-lucky fellow who hides all his sorrow within and portrays a comical figure, laughing at himself and about his hunchback.
- This was so from the very beginning, for the supposed peculiarities of his birth and the hunchback, for which he is renowned, were but inventions to signify evil.
- She had a hunchback and walked with a stick.
- 1.1offensive, dated A person with a hunchback.