Hump

·noun A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.

II. Hump ·noun A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

III. Hump ·add. ·vt To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to Hunch;

— often with up.

IV. Hump ·add. ·vt To put or carry on the (humped) back; to Shoulder; hence, to carry, in general.

V. 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.

hump
To hump; once a fashionable word for copulation. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hump
n. a long walk with a swag on one's back. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. 3, p. 46: «W...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Hump-shouldered
·adj Having high, hunched shoulders. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
hump, to
v. to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
hump-backed whale
A species of whalebone whale, the Megaptera longimana, which attains to 45 or 50 feet in length, and...

The Sailor's Word-Book