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hump it

hump it verb: to depart in a hurry; to flee.

Verb

hump it (third-person singular simple present humps it, present participle humping it, simple past and past participle humped it)

  1. (slang) To depart in a hurry; to flee.
    • C. L. Money
      Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush.
    • McClure's Magazine
      A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow.

Forms of hump it

third-person singular presenthumps it
present participlehumping it
past participlehumped it
pasthumped it

Questions about hump it

What does hump it mean?
Hump it means to depart in a hurry; to flee.
What part of speech is hump it?
Hump it is a verb.
What is the past tense of hump it?
The past tense of hump it is humped it.

Words near hump it in the dictionary

  1. hump and dump
  2. hump day
  3. hump days
  4. hump dumpling
  5. hump dumplings
  6. hump it
  7. hump slug
  8. hump slugs
  9. hump someone's brains out
  10. hump yard
  11. hump yards

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