Hump
Hump (hump) , noun
[Compare Dutch homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to English heap. Compare Hunch.]
1.
A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
2.
(Zoology) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
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.
Hump , transitive verb
1.
To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.
The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes.
2.
To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia]
Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush.
3.
To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump yourself. [Slang, United States]
A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow.
4.
(Railroad) to sort freight cars by means of a hump.
5.
to engage in sexual intercourse with. [Vulgar Slang, United States]