humpy¹ /humˈpi/ (Aust)

An Aboriginal hut

hump /hump/

1. A rounded projection in the back due to spinal deformity
2. A fatty protuberance on the back of a camel, etc
3. A protuberance
4. A rounded mass, eg of earth
5. A long walk with one's possessions in a bundle on one's back (obs Aust)
6. Despondency or annoyance, esp in the phrase have (or give someone) the hump (informal)
7. The sulks (informal)

1. To bend in a hump
2. To hunch
3. To exert oneself (informal)
4. To hurry (slang)
5. To vex or annoy (slang)
6. To shoulder, to carry on the back (orig Aust)
7. To carry, to heave (heavy loads) (informal)
8. To have sexual intercourse with (someone) (vulgar sl)

1. To put forth effort
2. To have sexual intercourse (vulgar sl)

humped adjective

Having a hump

humˈper noun (informal)

Someone who carries heavy loads, eg a porter in a market

humpˈy adjective

1. Full of humps or protuberances
2. Having a hump or humps
3. Sulky, irritable (informal)

humpˈback noun

1. A back with a hump or hunch
2. A person with a humpback
3. A Pacific species of salmon
4. A whale with a humplike dorsal fin

humpˈ-back or humpˈ-backed adjective

Having a humpback

humpback bridge noun

A bridge with a sharp rise in the middle

hump the bluey (Aust)

To travel on foot, carrying a bundle of possessions

over the hump (informal)

Past the crisis or difficulty

• ill-use
• ill-used
• ill-uses
• ill-using
• illusion
• illusional
• illusionary
• illusionism
• illusionisms
• illusionist
• illusionistic
• illusionists
• illusions
• illusive
• illusively
• illusiveness
• illusivenesses
• illusorily
• illusoriness
• illusory
• illustrate
• illustrated
• illustrateds
• illustrates
• illustrating