Sign Up Sign In 中文

Meaning ofhumpin English

hump

us//hʌmp//uk//hʌmp//

Pluralhumps
Past Tensehumped
Participle Verbhumping
Third Person Singularhumps

Definitions

Noun
1. a mound or raised area; earthwork
2. a traffic speed control device
3. a wave formed by a hovercraft
  The hovercraft created a large hump as it moved across the water.
4. a rounded mass on an animal; fleshy
  The camel has a distinctive hump on its back.
Verb
1. to exert effort or make a struggle
  She had to hump her heavy backpack up the mountain.
2. to bend into a curved shape
  She had to hump her shoulders to avoid hitting her head.
3. to carry with exertion; lifting
  The worker had to hump heavy boxes up the stairs.
4. to shunt rail cars over a hump yard
  The railroad crew had to hump the rail cars over the yard.

Compounds / Phrases

humpbacked humpback