English
Etymology
Probably cognate with:
kyphosis (from Greek κ��ο� (kyphos) "humpbacked")
cube (from Greek κ�βο� (kybos) "cube, vertebra")
cubit (from Latin cubitum "cubit, elbow")
incubate (from Latin incubare "to lie on")
incubus
incumbent
cymbal (from Latin cymbalum from Greek kymbalon from kymbe "bowl")
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-hump.ogg|Audio (US)
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Noun
en-noun
- A mound of earth.
- A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- context|UK|slang An act of sexual intercourse.
- slang (British) A bad mood, especially in the expression to have the hump.
- slang A painfully boorish person.
#:That guy is such a hump!
- (The Hump) World War 2 slang for the supply route between India and China over the Himalaya mountain range.
Synonyms
(abnormal deformity of the spine): gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback
Translations
trans-top|deformity of the human back
Albanian: gungë f
Catalan: gep m
Croatian: grba f
Czech: hrb m
French: bosse f
German: Buckel m, Höcker m
Hungarian: t|hu|púp
Italian: gobba f
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Korean: 곱� (gobsa, gopsa)
Latin: gibbus
Portuguese: corcunda f
Romanian: cocoa�� f
Slovak: hrb m
Slovenian: grba f
Spanish: joroba f, corcova f
Telugu: ��ని (gooni)
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ttbc|German: Hügel m (1), Höcker m (2)
ttbc|Italian: gobba f
ttbc|Korean: �미 (deomi) (for earth), � (hog, hok) (for flesh)
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ttbc|Portuguese: montÃculo (1), corcova (2), trepada (4), aborrecer (5)
ttbc|Slovak: kopec m (1), hrb m (2), suchár m (5)
ttbc|Spanish: joroba f, giba f
ttbc|Telugu: మ�ప�ర� (moopuraM) (2)
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Derived terms
over the hump
hump day
Verb
en-verb
- transitive To bend something into a hump.
- context|transitive|slang To carry something, especially with some exertion.
- context|transitive|slang To have sex with.
- context|intransitive|slang To carry, especially with some exertion.
- context|intransitive|slang To have sex.
Translations
trans-top|transitive: to bend something into a hump
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trans-top|transitive, slang: to carry something, especially with some exertion
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trans-top|transitive, slang: to have sex with
German: bumsen
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Portuguese: trepar
Spanish: cochar
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trans-top|intransitive, slang: to carry, especially with some exertion
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Spanish: cochar
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trans-top|intransitive, slang: to have sex
German: bumsen
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Portuguese: trepar
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fa:hump
fr:hump
io:hump
it:hump
pl:hump
ru:hump
fi:hump
te:hump
vi:hump
zh:hump
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