hump

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a rounded raised mass, bulge, or protuberance, including the raised part of a camel's back

   The camel stores fat, not water, in its hump.

2. 2
   verb

   to bend or raise the back into a rounded shape

   The cat began to hump its back when the dog approached.

3. 3
   verb

   informal: to carry or move something heavy with effort

   We had to hump the equipment up three flights of stairs.

4. 4
   verb

   vulgar slang: to have sexual intercourse with someone

   The crude character boasted that he wanted to hump everyone he met.

Probably borrowed from Dutch homp ('lump, chunk') or a related Middle Low German word for a heap, hill, or thick piece, ultimately of Germanic origin. The verb senses developed from the shape or effort associated with a hump: arching the back, carrying a burden, and, in vulgar slang, thrusting sexually.

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