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busting one's hump

busting one's hump is the present participle and gerund of bust one's hump.

Meaning of bust one's hump

Verb

bust one's hump (third-person singular simple present busts one's hump, present participle busting one's hump, simple past and past participle busted one's hump or bust one's hump)

  1. (Canada, US, slang) To work very hard; to put in strenuous effort.
    • That poor guy is already busting his hump, learning his job, working sixteen or eighteen hours a day for some fruitloop who throws pens when he gets mad.2005, Jacey Eckhart, The Homefront Club

Questions about busting one's hump

What is busting one's hump the present participle and gerund of?
Busting one's hump is the present participle and gerund of bust one's hump.

Words near busting one's hump in the dictionary

  1. busting on
  2. busting one's arse
  3. busting one's balls
  4. busting one's chops
  5. busting one's gut
  6. busting one's hump
  7. busting one's neck
  8. busting out
  9. busting someone's agates
  10. busting someone's ass
  11. busting the dust

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