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humper

UK/ˈhʌmpə/US/ˈhʌmpɚ/

humper is the agent noun of hump.

Meaning of hump

Noun

hump (plural humps)

  1. A mound of earth.
  2. A speed bump or speed hump.
  3. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
  4. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
    • Fat, melted down from the hump of the camel, is suggested in an Oriental manual as an aphrodisiac aid.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 54
    Synonyms:
    bulge
  5. (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
  6. (UK, slang) A bad mood.
    • She's got the hump with me.

See all 18 meanings of hump

Forms of humper

pluralhumpers

Origin of humper

From hump + -er.

Words formed from humper

Phrases with humper

Words that rhyme with humper

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Questions about humper

What is humper the agent noun of?
Humper is the agent noun of hump.
How do you pronounce humper?
Humper is pronounced /ˈhʌmpə/ (UK).

Words near humper in the dictionary

  1. humped
  2. humped and dumped
  3. humpedness
  4. humpee
  5. humpees
  6. humper
  7. Humperdincker
  8. Humperdinckers
  9. humpers
  10. humph
  11. humphead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: humper (page history and authors); hump (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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