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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hump

/(hŭmp)/ · IPA /hʌmp/
01 n. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
  1. 1.
    A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
  2. 2.
    A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    a portion of a switchyard with a slanting track in which freight cars may coast without an engine and be sorted through a series of switches.(Railroad)
02 v. t. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.
  1. 1.
    To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.
    “The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes.” — T. Roosvelt.
  2. 2.
    To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general.[Slang, Australia]
    “Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush.” — C. L. Money.
  3. 3.
    To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump yourself.[Slang, U. S.]
    “A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow.” — McClure's Mag.
  4. 4.
    to sort freight cars by means of a hump.(Railroad)
  5. 5.
    to engage in sexual intercourse with.[Vulgar Slang, U. S.]