hump
133
3.3
- noun
- /hʌmp/
:
joroba
- Still moving away, the hump of dirt passes under the sidewalk, rippling the flagstones gently.
- dorsal hump
- moderate nasal hump
It's a huge it's a massive hump.
- It's a huge it's a massive hump.
- Things like how the lion got his mane and how the camel got his hump and so on.
- I'm so terribly sorry of touching your hump.
Examples
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I sat in the right bucket and Sherry bounced along, sitting on a hump between the seats.
Fiction book (1991) -
When you looked up at its top, you saw two round humps, decorated with curlicues and spirals.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Now the man with the hump on his back had to move.
Fiction book (1996) -
A line ran from ear to ear across the hump of a nose.
Fiction book (1991) -
It just sticks out there like a little hump where this car's tail used to be.
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Somewhere, off in the dark, the Monon Louisville Limited wails as it snakes over the Gibson hump on its way to the outside world.
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Lying at the foot of the hump formed by her drawn-up knees were dozens of Zippo lighters.
Fiction book (1994) -
But Newberger conceived it to help Roemer voters over the hump of voting for Edwin Edwards.
Academic text (2005) -
Interestingly, this blue streak cleaner wrasse that's grooming the hump head was also once a female.
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The camel's hump allows it to store fat that can be used for energy when food is scarce.
Synonyms
118
2.5
A raised swelling on the body after a hit
42
3.2
A rounded swelling that sticks out from a surface
6
6.8
A part that sticks out from a surface
4
5.5
A part that sticks out from the area around it, like a small hill
2
8.6
A part that sticks out from a surface, like a bump on skin or rock
1
8.7
A small rounded mound that rises above low ground
1
9.9
An unusual growth that sticks out from something like a tree or a person's body
1
6.5
A short rounded rise in a road or bridge
1
8.1
A part that sticks out from a surface like a rock or bone
A rounded bump that sticks out from a surface
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.3
A rounded curve in the upper spine that makes the back hunch, often in older women
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hump originally meant a rounded 'bump' or raised part, especially on an animal. You can see this in a camel's back, so any bulge on a road or a body is called a 'hump' today.