[hump] n [akin to MLG hump bump] (1709) 1: a rounded protuberance: as a: humpback 1 b: a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal (as a camel, bison, or whale) c (1): mound, hummock (2): mountain, range "the Himalayan ~"
2. Brit: a fit of depression or sulking
3: a difficult, trying, or critical phase or obstacle--often used in the phrase over the hump -- humped adj
[2]hump vt (1835) 1: to copulate with--often considered vulgar
2: to exert (oneself) vigorously
3: to make humpbacked: hunch
4. chiefly Brit: to put or carry on the back: lug; also: transport ~ vi 1: to exert oneself: hustle
2: to move swiftly: race