get the hump — get/have/the hump british informal phrase to feel annoyed or offended Thesaurus: to feel offended or insultedsynonym to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym … Useful english dictionary
get the hump — ► get the hump Brit. informal become annoyed or sulky. Main Entry: ↑hump … English terms dictionary
get the hump — British, informal to get annoyed or upset with someone because you think they have done something bad to you. Tony got the hump because he thought we hadn t invited him to the party … New idioms dictionary
get the hump — vb British to become bad tempered, morose or offended. This common expression is at least 100 years old. The origin of this sense of hump is not clear, although it may refer straightforwardly to a hunch back s deformity, to a back bent with care … Contemporary slang
hump — ► NOUN 1) a rounded protuberance found on the back of a camel or other animal or as an abnormality on a person s back. 2) a rounded raised mass of earth or land. ► VERB 1) informal lift or carry with difficulty. 2) make hump shaped. 3) vulgar… … English terms dictionary
hump — [[t]hʌ̱mp[/t]] humps, humping, humped 1) N COUNT A hump is a small hill or raised area. The path goes over a large hump by a tree before running near a road. Syn: mound 2) N COUNT A camel s hump is the large lump on its back. Camels rebuild fat… … English dictionary
hump — 1 noun 1 (C) a large round shape that rises above the surface of the ground or a surface: I could just make out the hump of a hill in the distance. 2 (C) one of the two raised parts on the back of a camel 3 (C) a raised part on someone s back… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hump — humper, n. humpless, adj. /hump/, n. 1. a rounded protuberance, esp. a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison. 2. Physical Geog … Universalium
hump — hump1 [hʌmp] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch homp or Low German humpe] 1.) a large round shape that rises above the surface of something ▪ the hump of a hill 2.) speed/traffic humps BrE a series of humps in the road, designed to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hump — /hʌmp / (say hump) noun 1. a rounded protuberance, especially on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals such as the camel and bison. 2. a low, rounded rise of ground;… …
hump — I. vb 1. to have sex (with). Once a fashionable word for copulation , according to the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, 1785, hump is now scarcely fashionable but is still a widespread vulgarism, often in the form humping . See also dry… … Contemporary slang
