humped

[US]/hʌm(p)t/
[UK]/hʌmpt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. having a hump; having a humped back; having humps of flesh
v. to cause to bulge; to cause to feel depressed.
Word Forms
Past Tensehumped

Phrases & Collocations

humped over

humped up

humped shoulders

Example Sentences

He humped the heavy bag up the stairs.

The camel humped its back as it walked through the desert.

She humped her backpack onto her shoulders and started hiking.

The truck humped along the bumpy road.

He humped the heavy suitcase through the airport.

The dog humped the pillow in the living room.

She humped the groceries from the car to the kitchen.

The old man humped his way up the hill with a walking stick.

The hiker humped his backpack along the trail.

The worker humped the heavy boxes onto the truck.

Real-world Examples

Her tail grew big. She humped her back up very high, and showed her teeth.

Source: American Elementary English 2

She did say that they humped like gorillas.

Source: American TV series and movie collection

I humped it down to the FedEx office at West Fifty-seventh Street and waited in line.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

Hard little bits of snow whirled in the air and scurried over the humped backs of miserable grasses.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

There is a graceful stillness on Lake Superior. The rounded humped mountains along the shores look like burial mounds of the gods.

Source: Listen to beautiful stories and remember level six vocabulary.

Gray was sitting humped up in a big leather chair, with picture papers scattered on the floor beside him.

Source: Blade (Part 1)

At the center of the conflict are the local humped cattle known as zebu, which have become the target of a bombing criminal trade.

Source: BBC Listening September 2012 Collection

She glanced out to the right at a slope humped with a wind-troubled gray-green of bushes—dusty leaves and dry claw branches.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

Chinese, Mohammedans, Hindus, Tamils as black as your hat; and those great humped bullocks with their long horns that draw the carts!

Source: Blade (Part Two)

Gibbous means 'humped' or 'swollen', and again, we call it waxing because it grows thicker every night until it reaches the next phase, the full moon.

Source: Children's Learning Classroom

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