Antonyms for hump
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : huhmp |
Phonetic Transcription : hÊŒmp |
Definition of hump
Origin :- 1680s (in hump-backed), from Dutch homp "lump," from Middle Low German hump "bump," from Proto-Germanic *hump-, from PIE *kemb- "to bend, turn, change, exchange." Replaced, or perhaps influenced by, crump, from Old English crump. A meaning attested from 1901 is "mound in a railway yard over which cars must be pushed," which may be behind the figurative sense of "critical point of an undertaking" (1914). Humpback whale is from 1725.
- noun swelling, projection
- The only height she remembered was the Puy de Dome, rounded off at the summit like a hump.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- And then we should have to hump the lime at least half a mile up from the beach.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- We should have to hump treble the weight of the lime we should get after burning them.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- I should want my camel on wheels, with a railin' around his hump.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- If we hump ourselves we ken cross the divide afore the road is blocked.
- Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
- Capylus: a hump on the Tupper side of the segments of many larva.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- I declare that the hump seemed the one normal thing about it.
- Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- I got sick for the whinin' of a rope, wanted to hump over the hills after cows' tails.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- He's got no call to crawl my hump when you boys are doin' the best you can.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- A close study of this mad dressing shows that there is always a "hump."
- Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
Synonyms for hump
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