EGAVE

hump

About 1.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A mound of earth.
  2. noun A speed bump or speed hump.
  3. noun A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
  4. noun A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
  5. noun An act of sexual intercourse.
  6. noun A bad mood.
    She's got the hump with me.
  7. noun A painfully boorish person.
    That guy is such a hump!
  8. noun A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.

Similar words

hunch protuberance bulge gibbosity gibbousness hunch over make out bonk bump sleep with

Often followed by

of on in and is to at or was

Word family

humped humping humps

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