Hump
noun
A rounded raised part, often on the back of an animal or person.
The camel has a hump on its back.
Often appears as...
- camel's hump
- noticeable hump
noun
A small hill or mound.
The car bumped over a hump in the road.
Often appears as...
- road hump
- over the hump
verb
To put a lot of effort into a difficult task.
We've managed to hump the sofa up the stairs.
Often appears as...
- hump it
- hump stuff around
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To have sexual activity with someone, used often in a vulgar or informal context.
He's constantly trying to hump anything that moves
Often appears as...
- hump like rabbits
- hump away
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A rounded raised part, often on the back of an animal or person.
The camel has a hump on its back.
Often appears as...
- camel's hump
- noticeable hump
noun
A small hill or mound.
The car bumped over a hump in the road.
Often appears as...
- road hump
- over the hump
verb
To put a lot of effort into a difficult task.
We've managed to hump the sofa up the stairs.
Often appears as...
- hump it
- hump stuff around
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To have sexual activity with someone, used often in a vulgar or informal context.
He's constantly trying to hump anything that moves
Often appears as...
- hump like rabbits
- hump away
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Characteristics
Use 'hump' to describe distinctive raised parts on animals, especially associated with camels.
Biologists study the camel's hump to understand how they store fat.
Pro Tip 2/2Human Anatomy
Sometimes used to refer to an abnormal curve in a person's spine known as 'kyphosis'.
The doctor examined the unusual hump in his spine.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Characteristics
Use 'hump' to describe distinctive raised parts on animals, especially associated with camels.
Biologists study the camel's hump to understand how they store fat.
Pro Tip 2/2Human Anatomy
Sometimes used to refer to an abnormal curve in a person's spine known as 'kyphosis'.
The doctor examined the unusual hump in his spine.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Characteristics
Use 'hump' to describe distinctive raised parts on animals, especially associated with camels.
Biologists study the camel's hump to understand how they store fat.
Pro Tip 2/2Human Anatomy
Sometimes used to refer to an abnormal curve in a person's spine known as 'kyphosis'.
The doctor examined the unusual hump in his spine.
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Reel Talk Ep. 7 - The...
and I went up there this year and I saw the whales I saw the life my first line out I caught a fish and it just been magic for me ever since why aren't you there more often I mean if that's your ultimate comfort zone why don't you go there more often I mean everything is like situational officials start on one hump and then they'll slowly move inshore and keep bouncing around in different spots it's kind of like an early season spot this is the
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Treating Animals With...
going to go back out there after we treat it so we're probably not going to use sometimes addition of acupuncture helps we need to do a better job and sometimes it's the only thing that gets us over the hump get that any therapy as far as things that we treat most often are the things that respond on those so
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Barry Schwartz: Using...
tried to fashion responses to their crimes that helped them to rehabilitate themselves, and didn't forget about them once the judgment was made. Stayed with them, followed up on them, made sure that they were sticking to whatever plan had been jointly developed to get them over the hump.
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The best stats you've...
there was more of a hump and we have most who lived in absolute poverty were Asians the problem in the world was the poverty in Asia and if I now let the world move forward you will seen that wild populations increase there are hundreds of millions in Asia are getting
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You have no idea where...
What if that hump -- which, huge news to me, does not contain water, it contains fat -- was there to help the camel get through that six-month-long winter, when food was scarce? And then, only later, long after it crossed over the land bridge
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What triggers a chemical...
So much so that some even go over the hill. This shift to instability, or higher entropy, can allow reactions to happen. As with the golf balls, in actual chemicals this transition from structure to disorder gets some reactants past the hump
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How not to be ignorant...
the poor ones and the rich ones, and there were fewer in between. But look how this has As I go forward, what has changed, the world population has grown, and the humps start to merge. The lower humps merged with the upper hump,
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Robert Neuwirth: The...
And these becos are normally very crowded, and people hump furniture up them, or refrigerators up them, all sorts of things. Beer is all carried in on your shoulders. Beer is a very important thing in Brazil.
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Being Superman PIPE Taboo:...
our humps on my nose here so they put a hydrogen so it's a state now see for my lips they put a hydrogen here so it look like about the deep then for the chin I don't have any questions before the skin
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Are Honey Badgers...
to hump this range of food they have to think flexibly let's work that out isn't that wonderful oh you can't help but love these things doesn't matter what they do to you
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Reel Talk Ep. 7 - The...
and I went up there this year and I saw the whales I saw the life my first line out I caught a fish and it just been magic for me ever since why aren't you there more often I mean if that's your ultimate comfort zone why don't you go there more often I mean everything is like situational officials start on one hump and then they'll slowly move inshore and keep bouncing around in different spots it's kind of like an early season spot this is the
Video examples
Treating Animals With...
going to go back out there after we treat it so we're probably not going to use sometimes addition of acupuncture helps we need to do a better job and sometimes it's the only thing that gets us over the hump get that any therapy as far as things that we treat most often are the things that respond on those so
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Using...
tried to fashion responses to their crimes that helped them to rehabilitate themselves, and didn't forget about them once the judgment was made. Stayed with them, followed up on them, made sure that they were sticking to whatever plan had been jointly developed to get them over the hump.
Video examples
The best stats you've...
there was more of a hump and we have most who lived in absolute poverty were Asians the problem in the world was the poverty in Asia and if I now let the world move forward you will seen that wild populations increase there are hundreds of millions in Asia are getting
Video examples
You have no idea where...
What if that hump -- which, huge news to me, does not contain water, it contains fat -- was there to help the camel get through that six-month-long winter, when food was scarce? And then, only later, long after it crossed over the land bridge
Video examples
What triggers a chemical...
So much so that some even go over the hill. This shift to instability, or higher entropy, can allow reactions to happen. As with the golf balls, in actual chemicals this transition from structure to disorder gets some reactants past the hump
Video examples
How not to be ignorant...
the poor ones and the rich ones, and there were fewer in between. But look how this has As I go forward, what has changed, the world population has grown, and the humps start to merge. The lower humps merged with the upper hump,
Video examples
Robert Neuwirth: The...
And these becos are normally very crowded, and people hump furniture up them, or refrigerators up them, all sorts of things. Beer is all carried in on your shoulders. Beer is a very important thing in Brazil.
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Being Superman PIPE Taboo:...
our humps on my nose here so they put a hydrogen so it's a state now see for my lips they put a hydrogen here so it look like about the deep then for the chin I don't have any questions before the skin
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Are Honey Badgers...
to hump this range of food they have to think flexibly let's work that out isn't that wonderful oh you can't help but love these things doesn't matter what they do to you
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Quote examples
Alex Smith
American Athlete
I was on some bad teams, and I played bad as a young player, certainly, at times. And that all mounts. Yeah, that all mounts. The perception. Everything that goes into that. And so, yeah, I think to kind of get over the hump of that, to change perception, it can be difficult. It's a tall task. And it takes a long time.
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No I.D.
American Musician
I take a lot of pride in helping people become great. I think that's an element of being a producer that people don't always take in: They want to be great for themselves, whereas I'd like to be recognized as having helped the most people get over the hump.
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George Benson
American Musician
I study the Bible constantly. I teach the Bible. You know, I'm a Bible conductor, and I have a lot of people studies. But also, I see how small things really help people to get over humps in their life. Gives them direction.
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Tavon Austin
American Football Player
Size doesn't really matter. It's all about the mental aspect of the game and having the heart. I have a lot of heart and I take a lot of pride in what I do. That's what got me over the hump.
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Tony Gonzalez
American Athlete
I've been on some really good teams, but we weren't able to get over the hump. It's offense, defense and special teams, and then the ball has to go your way.
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Jason Biggs
American Actor
In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes.
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Gordon Hayward
American Basketball Player
I think sometimes with a young team, you just need to get over that initial hump to get to that next level.
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Dennis Eckersley
American Athlete
The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
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Ted Nugent
American Singer
I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness.
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Alex Smith
American Athlete
I was on some bad teams, and I played bad as a young player, certainly, at times. And that all mounts. Yeah, that all mounts. The perception. Everything that goes into that. And so, yeah, I think to kind of get over the hump of that, to change perception, it can be difficult. It's a tall task. And it takes a long time.
Quote examples
No I.D.
American Musician
I take a lot of pride in helping people become great. I think that's an element of being a producer that people don't always take in: They want to be great for themselves, whereas I'd like to be recognized as having helped the most people get over the hump.
Quote examples
George Benson
American Musician
I study the Bible constantly. I teach the Bible. You know, I'm a Bible conductor, and I have a lot of people studies. But also, I see how small things really help people to get over humps in their life. Gives them direction.
Quote examples
Tavon Austin
American Football Player
Size doesn't really matter. It's all about the mental aspect of the game and having the heart. I have a lot of heart and I take a lot of pride in what I do. That's what got me over the hump.
Quote examples
Tony Gonzalez
American Athlete
I've been on some really good teams, but we weren't able to get over the hump. It's offense, defense and special teams, and then the ball has to go your way.
Quote examples
Jason Biggs
American Actor
In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes.
Quote examples
Gordon Hayward
American Basketball Player
I think sometimes with a young team, you just need to get over that initial hump to get to that next level.
Quote examples
Dennis Eckersley
American Athlete
The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.
Quote examples
Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
Quote examples
Ted Nugent
American Singer
I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness.
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