- 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.
- Physical Geography.
- a low, rounded rise of ground; hummock.
- a mountain or mountain range.
- (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.
- Slang: Vulgar.
- an act or instance of sexual intercourse.
- a partner in sexual intercourse.
- the hump,
- a fit of depression or bad humor: to get the hump.
- (in World War II) the Himalayas.
- to raise (the back) in a hump; hunch: The cat humped its back.
- to sort (cars) by means of a hump.
- to exert (oneself) in a great effort.
- to have sexual intercourse with.
- Slang.
- to place or bear on the back or shoulder.
- to carry or haul.
- to load or unload; lift.
- to rise in a hump.
- to exert oneself; hustle or hurry.
- to engage in sexual intercourse.
- past the most difficult, time-consuming, or dangerous part or period: The doctor says she's over the hump now and should improve steadily.
- a rounded protuberance or projection, as of earth, sand, etc
- a rounded deformity of the back in persons with kyphosis, consisting of a convex spinal curvature
- a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or related animal
- a fit of depression or sulking (esp in the phrase it gives me the hump)
- past the largest or most difficult portion of work, time, etc
- to form or become a hump; hunch; arch
- to carry or heave
- to have sexual intercourse with (someone)
- (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
