hump

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If there is little or no enforcement, the hump will be avoided, until it could be completed across the entire road.

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  1. noun A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle.
  2. noun A deformity of the back in humans caused by an abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine.
  3. noun Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.
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  • Motorists travelling on the lane in which the hump is placed have the choice of going over the hump, or if there is little or traffic in the opposite direction, of avoiding it altogether. —  newsday.co.tt
  • If there is little or no enforcement, the hump will be avoided, until it could be completed across the entire road. —  newsday.co.tt
  • "This was really important and to get over the hump was the toughest thing," said —  Bruins Top Stories
  • Information gathered on the scene and from police who attended the accident shows that as a result of the impact of hitting the hump, which is only on one side of the road, Mwanda's vehicle encroached onto the other lane side-swiping the Toyota Landcruiser in which the Tsvangirais were travelling in. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
  • '' The league that got us over the hump was the Bellaire League, '' he said, speaking of himself and a few other young referees. —  The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

lump ·  bulge ·  hummock ·  expanse ·  mound ·  torso ·  carcass ·  mustache ·  ridge ·  hunk ·  belly

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hump:   humped
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably of Low German origin.

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  1. Not in Middle English; prob. of Low German origin; cf. Dutch homp, a hump, lump, = Low German hump, heap, hill, stump (Mahn), diminutive hümpel, a little heap or mound; perhaps a nasalized form of the root (*hup) of heap, q. v. Cf. Greek κῡφος, a hump, κύφωμα, a hunch on the back, κυφόνωτος, humpbacked, Lithuanian kumpas, hunchbacked, Sanskrit kubja, humpbacked. Cf. hummock, hummie.
  2. from hump, n.
 

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