noun a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
2. hump ·noun a protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
3. hump ·add. ·vt to form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch;
often with up.
4. hump ·add. ·vt to put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general.
5. hump ·add. ·vt 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.