hump
Rounded dorsal protrusion
A hump is a rounded protuberance—the hump on a camel's back, a speed bump in the road, a mound of earth: The camel stores fat in its hump.
Slow down for the humps.
To hump is to carry something heavy on one's back, bending under the load: They humped their packs through the jungle.
Wednesday is hump day—the middle of the workweek, after which you're "over the hump." In vulgar slang, to hump is to have sex, especially with thrusting motions: They humped on the couch.
The sex sense is crude but common.
Slight collision or protrusion
- bulgeOutward curved projection
- lumpShapeless solid mass
- moundHeaped earth formation
- knobRounded gripping fixture
swelling · ridge · hummock · mogul · knoll · hillock · speed bump · rise
Single-humped camel species
- desertTo leave behind completely
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- water storageHolding liquid reserves
- pack animalAnimal carrying loads
oasis · nomad · Sahara · ship of the desert · camelid · ungulate · arid
Curved spanning structure
- arcCurved line segment
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
- convexCurved outward externally
curvature · dome · kyphosis · bent · crooked · hunched · stoop · slouch
Pull or carry laboriously
- schlepAwkward, effortful journey
- lugTote with effort
- carryMove while supporting
- heaveForceful lift or throw
trudge · slog · labor · toil · strain · effort · grunt work · heavy lifting
Barrier to leap over
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- difficultyState of being hard
- challengeTest of ability
- stumbling blockObstacle causing difficulty
setback · roadblock · hindrance · impediment · snag · bottleneck · midpoint · turning point
bump
Slight collision or protrusion
knob · swelling · ridge · hummock · mogul · knoll · hillock · speed bump · rise · heap
dromedary
Single-humped camel species
- desertTo leave behind completely
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- water storageHolding liquid reserves
pack animal · oasis · nomad · Sahara · ship of the desert · camelid · ungulate · arid
arch
Curved spanning structure
convex · curvature · dome · kyphosis · bent · crooked · hunched · stoop · slouch
haul
Pull or carry laboriously
heave · trudge · slog · labor · toil · strain · effort · grunt work · heavy lifting · backbreaking
hurdle
Barrier to leap over
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- difficultyState of being hard
- challengeTest of ability
stumbling block · setback · roadblock · hindrance · impediment · snag · bottleneck · midpoint · turning point
- bulgesbump, knob, lump, mound, protrusion
- Moundsant mound, anthill, burial mound, cairn, dirt pile
- abnormalitiesmalformation, deformation, anomaly, birth defect, abnormal growth
- camelidscamel, llama, alpaca, dromedary, guanaco
- growthsgrowth, growths, tumor, tumors, tumour
- swellingsswelling, lump, bulge, bump, edema
- over the humpBeyond the challenging middle
- hump dayMidweek slang term
- speed humpsRoad ridges slowing cars
- humpback whaleLarge singing baleen cetacean
- dry humpClothed sexual simulation
- dry humpingClothed sexual rubbing
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