'Hump' definitions:
Definition of 'Hump'
From: GCIDE
- Hump \Hump\ (h[u^]mp), n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. Hunch.]
- 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Railroad) a portion of a switchyard with a slanting track in which freight cars may coast without an engine and be sorted through a series of switches. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'hump'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alp,
- arch,
- barrow,
- bear,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bilge,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- bolt,
- boss,
- bow,
- bubble,
- buck,
- buckle down,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- button,
- cahot,
- career,
- carry,
- chine,
- clump,
- condyle,
- convex,
- convey,
- crook,
- curl,
- curve,
- dart,
- dash,
- decurve,
- deflect,
- dome,
- dowel,
- drag,
- ear,
- embow,
- endeavor,
- enlargement,
- Everest,
- excrescence,
- ferry,
- flange,
- flap,
- flex,
- fling,
- gall,
- get cracking,
- get cutting,
- gnarl,
- go all out,
- growth,
- handle,
- haste,
- hasten,
- haul,
- heave,
- hie,
- hill,
- hillock,
- hit the ball,
- hook,
- hop to it,
- hotfoot,
- hummock,
- hump it,
- hunch,
- hurry,
- hurtle,
- incurvate,
- incurve,
- inflect,
- jog,
- joggle,
- knob,
- knot,
- knuckle down,
- knur,
- knurl,
- la,
- lay to,
- lean on it,
- lip,
- lofty mountains,
- loop,
- lug,
- lump,
- make haste,
- mass,
- mole,
- mound,
- mount,
- mountain,
- nevus,
- node,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- Olympus,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- ply the oar,
- post,
- pour it on,
- projection,
- protrusion,
- protuberance,
- race,
- recurve,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- retroflex,
- rib,
- ridge,
- ring,
- round,
- rush,
- sag,
- scamper,
- scoot,
- scour,
- scramble,
- scud,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- shag ass,
- shake a leg,
- shake it up,
- shoot,
- shoulder,
- skedaddle,
- snap to it,
- spare no effort,
- spine,
- step on it,
- stud,
- style,
- swag,
- sweep,
- swelling,
- tab,
- tear,
- tear ass,
- tell,
- the wooded mountains,
- tor,
- towering alps,
- transport,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- tumefaction,
- tumescence,
- tumulus,
- turn,
- vault,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- wale,
- wart,
- welt,
- wind