hump
A mound of earthA mound of earth.
» This job gives me the hump.
Diese Arbeit zieht mich runter. — Tamy
Shiawase · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
8 sensesA mound of earth.
Hügel
буго́рbugór, холмxolm
A speed bump or speed hump.
A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
Buckel
горбgorb
горбhorb
A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
Höcker
горбgorb
горбhorb
(slang, vulgar)An act of sexual intercourse.
Bums
совокупле́ниеsovokuplénije, перепихо́нperepixón
(UK, slang)A bad mood.
She's got the hump with me.
Go away! You're giving me the right hump.
(slang)A painfully boorish person.
That guy is such a hump!
Trottel, Trampel, Tölpel
A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Examples
37 sentencesThis job gives me the hump.
deDiese Arbeit zieht mich runter. — Tamy
The camel doesn't notice its hump.
The camel doesn't realize its hump.
Camels have either one or two humps.
deKamele haben entweder einen oder zwei Höcker. — al_ex_an_der
Yanni wants to fix his neck hump.
Translations
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Origin
Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, sProbably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”). Compare Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb-, *ḱewb- (unnasalised root), and English hub (a softened variant without nasal?).
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Forms
plural: humpsSynonyms
15 synonyms- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings:bulgebumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessjutprominenceprotuberance