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Meanings of humped in English

Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.

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Usage of humped in English
1
A humped grey shape emerged, wide arms brushing aside thickets of saplings.
Blood and Bone
2
I groped my way across the kitchen and humped into the table.
I capture the castle
3
The camel suddenly humped his back, and the gasps turned to shrieks.
Tales of the Jazz Age
4
Behind three humped rocks, a scarlet sorceress ambled on the valley floor.
Wizardborn
5
That and five horses humped tail to the driving wind, stolidly enduring.
North of Fifty-Three
6
The humped backs of boarding clamjets loomed over the parking lot hedge.
Jem
7
The spine bowed, humped up, and the flesh split along the backbone.
Stinger
8
He speeded up the tempo, enjoying how frantically she humped his hand.
The irish devil
9
Jim Hart had been sitting on a fallen tree, all humped together.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
10
The ferry docked and we humped our bags into the little town.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
11
Only a subtly humped nose kept the woman from being a stunner.
Spider bones: a novel
12
The humped-up form already in that canoe he knew was the Broken Man.
The Flaming Forest
13
With humped back and nose to the ground, it leaps into the air.
American Indian Stories
14
The sheriff was humped over the telephone waiting for his connection.
The Thunder Bird
15
He put his arm round the humped shoulders with the words.
The Obstacle Race
16
They seem to be of the humped variety, but with the hump evanescent.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common