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humping
We have found lemma(root) word of humping : hump.
Definitions
[hʌmp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a rounded raised mass of earth or land
(e.g: they sat on a hump of cropped grass)
- a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or other animal or as an abnormality on the back of a person
(e.g: his back rose into a kind of hump at the base of the spine)
Phrases:
- get the hump
- give someone the hump
- have the hump
- over the hump
Origin
:
early 18th century: probably related to Low German humpe ‘hump’, also to Dutch homp, Low German humpe ‘lump, hunk (of bread)’
[hʌmp], (Verb)
Definitions:
- carry (a heavy object) with difficulty
(e.g: he continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor)
- make hump-shaped
(e.g: he turned and humped his body to avoid a rope)
- have sex with
- go away
Phrases:
- get the hump
- give someone the hump
- have the hump
- over the hump
Origin
:
early 18th century: probably related to Low German humpe ‘hump’, also to Dutch homp, Low German humpe ‘lump, hunk (of bread)’
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