Definition of humping Humping

We found 3 definitions of humping from 2 different sources.

What does humping mean?

Wiktionary

humping (Verb)
Present participle of hump.

Part of speech

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humping, verb, gerund of hump (infinitive).

WordNet

Noun
hump - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
		bulge, bump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
		projection any structure that branches out from a central support
		frontal eminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
		occipital protuberance prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
		belly the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
		caput a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"
		mogul a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
		nubble, nub a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
		snag a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
Verb
hump - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
		sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
		copulate, mate, couple, pair engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
		have, take suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"
		fornicate have sex without being married
hump - round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
		hunch, hunch forward, hunch over
		flex, bend cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
		change posture undergo a change in bodily posture

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Wiktionary

hump (Noun)
A mound of earth.
hump (Noun)
A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.
hump (Noun)
A speed hump .
hump (Noun)
A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
hump (Noun)
An act of sexual intercourse .
hump (Noun)
A bad mood.
hump (Noun)
A painfully boorish person.
hump (Verb)
To bend something into a hump.
hump (Verb)
To carry something, especially with some exertion.
hump (Verb)
To carry, especially with some exertion.
hump (Verb)
To dry-hump.
hump (Verb)
To have sex with.
hump (Verb)
To have sex.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

hump (n.)
A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
hump (n.)
A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

hump
A hump may refer to a camel's hump containing its fat reservoir or alternatively to the curve on an upper spine that causes a hunchback.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

hump
hump, n. a lump or hunch upon the back.—v.t. to bend in a hump: (U.S. slang) to prepare for a great exertion: (slang) to vex or annoy.—v.i. to put forth effort.—n. Hump′back, a back with a hump or hunch: a person with a humpback.—adjs. Hump′backed, having a humpback; Humped, having a hump on the back; Hump′y, full of humps or protuberances. [Prob. a nasalised form of heap.]