humpnoun
uk/hʌmp/us/hʌmp/hump noun (LUMP)
[ C ] a large, round raised area or part:
The car hit a hump in the road and swerved.
UK Local residents are asking for speed humps (= raised areas across the road which make people drive slowly) to be installed in their street.
[ C ] a round raised part on a person's or animal's back:
Some types of camel have two humps and others have one.
See also
humpbacked
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
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Physical irregularities
Idiom(s)
get the hump
be over the hump
humpverb
uk/hʌmp/us/hʌmp/hump verb (CARRY)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] informal to carry or lift something heavy with difficulty:
My back really aches after humping those heavy boxes around all day.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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hump verb (HAVE SEX)
[ I or T ] offensive to have sex (with someone)