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hump
( humps plural & 3rd person present) ( humping present participle) ( humped past tense & past participle )

1 n-count A hump is a small hill or raised area. (=mound)
The path goes over a large hump by a tree before running near a road.

2 n-count A camel's hump is the large lump on its back.

3 n-count A hump is a large lump on a person's back, usually caused by illness or old age.
oft poss N

4       verb   If you hump something heavy, you carry it from one place to another with great difficulty.
  (BRIT)
INFORMAL
(=lug)
Charlie humped his rucksack up the stairs to his flat.      V n prep/adv

5    If someone gets the hump, they get very annoyed about something.
  (BRIT)
INFORMAL
♦ get the hump      phrase   V inflects
Fans just get the hump when they lose.

Translation English - Cobuild Collins Dictionary

hump
n

1 bulge, bump, hunch, knob, lump, mound, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

2 the hump (Brit. informal) megrims (rare) the blues, the doldrums, the dumps (informal) the grumps (informal) the mopes, the sulks
vb

3 arch, curve, form a hump, hunch, lift, tense

4 (slang) carry, heave, hoist, lug, shoulder

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