transcription, транскрипция: [ hʌmp ]
( humps, humping, humped)
1.
A hump is a small hill or raised area.
The path goes over a large hump by a tree before running near a road.
= mound
N-COUNT
2.
A camel’s hump is the large lump on its back.
N-COUNT
3.
A hump is a large lump on a person’s back, usually caused by illness or old age.
N-COUNT : oft poss N
4.
If you hump something heavy, you carry it from one place to another with great difficulty. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
Charlie humped his rucksack up the stairs to his flat.
= lug
VERB : V n prep / adv
5.
If someone gets the hump , they get very annoyed about something. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
Fans just get the hump when they lose.
PHRASE : V inflects