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/hʌmp/
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noun[C]
A rounded raised part on the back of an animal, especially a camel, in which fat is stored.
Pronunciation
Etymology
Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, related to words meaning “lump” or “rounded mass.”
Examples
The camel stored fat in the hump on its back.
A camel's hump is not full of water.
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noun[C]
A rounded raised area or swelling on a surface.
Pronunciation
Etymology
Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, related to words meaning “lump” or “rounded mass.”
Examples
A small hump in the road made the car bounce.
There was a hump under the rug where the cable ran.
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noun[C]
A difficult stage or obstacle that must be passed before progress becomes easier.
Pronunciation
Etymology
Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, related to words meaning “lump” or “rounded mass”; the figurative sense comes from the idea of getting over a raised obstacle.
Examples
Once we got over the hump, the project became easier.
The team is past the hump and should finish soon.
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verb[T]
To carry or move something heavy with effort.
Pronunciation
Etymology
Probably from the noun “hump,” with the sense of carrying a load on the back or shoulders.
Examples
We had to hump the boxes up three flights of stairs.
She humped her backpack across town.
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verb[T, I]
To make something form a hump, or to rise or bend into a humped shape.
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Etymology
From the noun “hump,” referring to a rounded raised shape.
Examples
The cat humped its back and hissed.
The wet carpet began to hump in the middle.
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verb[T, I]
To have sexual intercourse with someone or something.
Pronunciation
Etymology
Probably from the physical motion associated with the noun “hump.”
Examples
The crude joke was about two dogs humping in the yard.
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