hump

/həmp/
/həmp/
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Other forms: humped; humps; humping

Definitions of hump
  1. noun
    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
    “the hump of a camel”
    synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
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    frontal eminence
    either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
    occipital protuberance
    prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
    belly
    a part that bulges deeply
    caput
    a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
    mogul
    a bump on a ski slope
    nub, nubble
    a small lump or protuberance
    snag
    a sharp protuberance
    wart
    any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
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    projection
    any solid convex shape that juts out from something
  2. verb
    round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
    synonyms: hunch, hunch forward, hunch over
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    change posture
    undergo a change in bodily posture
  3. verb
    have sexual intercourse with
    synonyms: have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay
    make out, neck
    kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
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    have, take
    have sex with; archaic use
    fornicate
    have sex without being married
    swing
    engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
    bed-hop, bedhop, sleep around
    be sexually active with more than one partner
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