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[ US /ˈhəmp/ ]
[ UK /hˈʌmp/ ]
VERB
  1. round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
  2. have sexual intercourse with
    Were you ever intimate with this man?
    This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
    Adam knew Eve
NOUN
  1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
    the hump of a camel
    the bony excrescence between its horns
    the occipital protuberance was well developed
    the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
    he stood on the rocky prominence

How To Use hump In A Sentence

  • Of particular significance to ancient Arabia was the domestication of the dromedary (one-humped camel) in the southern part of the peninsula between 3000 and 2500 B.C.E.
  • Back on the boat and heading to shore, we spotted a spout, a fin and then the flukes of a humpback whale.
  • I am inclined to think, old boy, that there is a good deal of what they call the chump about me. Old Ebenezer
  • What's more, the prospect of one of the most important chunks of Britain's transport infrastructure being sold soon riled a good deal of nationalistic tub-thumping.
  • And in a way I want to make my language as mimetic as possible, as sensual as possible, so that you can feel the treetops, taste the lamb chump chops, and hear the wind and the sound of the surf beating on the beach.
  • I long for the Monday nights before he came along when the second I got hungry I could stand by the kitchen TV watching "The Bachelorette," while whumping down a salade nicoise. Susan Orlins: Dating After Divorce: What if I Meet a Guy I Like?
  • So I put the guitar on clean, put on the delay effect, and I arpeggiate the chords at the right speed to get this really crazy thumping sound. All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
  • Despite advances in headphone design, the fact is you are still listening to glorified stereo, where the sounds appear to thump uncomfortably inside your head.
  • The image jitters, there is a thump as the sound comes on, and a haggard, hair-covered face fills the frame.
  • For all its heart-thumping glory, it can also come with a heavy-duty helping of awkwardness and anxiety.
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