hump : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hump	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hump n something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence v round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward Synonym(s): hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hump \Hump\, v. t. 1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up. The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. --T. Roosvelt. 2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia] Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush. --C. L. Money. 3. To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump yourself. [Slang, U. S.] A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow. --McClure's Mag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hump \Hump\, n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. {Hunch}.] 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.