to hump
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5.4
- verb
- /hʌmp/
:
encorvar la espalda
- During the hike, we had to hump our gear up the steep slope.
- humped back
- humped shoulders
Examples
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You hump back on that rig, and you start moving some dirt!
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Oh, now you look like you're trying to hump the wall!
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If you want to add a little extra, you can even do this humping motion with your hips.
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Her head and her shoulders were always bent forward giving her a sort of humped appearance.
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Ada rose and looked out the door at Stobrod's thin back where he sat humped up on the bottom step.
Fiction book (1997) -
But at the gate, she met the janitor, who was tall and stooped, his back humped.
Fiction book (1996) -
Bean reared, fighting the brutal drag of the bit, humped his back and fishtailed, throwing Randy to the ground.
Fiction book (2002) -
The workers had to hump their heavy tools over the mountain trail.
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She humped her back as she picked up the heavy box off the ground.
Synonyms
194
1.0
To lean forward at the waist
51
4.2
To bend forward and pull the shoulders in so the back rounds
27
2.6
To bend your body forward at the waist
22
4.6
To sit, stand, or walk with the shoulders and head bent forward in a lazy way
17
4.2
Bend forward with rounded shoulders and back
2
4.4
Bend your upper body forward and round your shoulders, often when you feel cold or tired
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.3
A rounded curve in the upper spine that makes the back hunch, often in older women
How Bent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hump comes from an old word for a small rounded 'bump' on the body. To hump your shoulders is to make that little 'hump' by curving your back forward, so the verb means to bend your back into a rounded shape.