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humping

/ˈhʌmpɪŋ/

humping is the present participle and gerund of hump.

Noun

humping (plural humpings)

  1. A hump or mound.
    • The foreign ladies, in their simple, tasteful, fresh attire, innocent of the humpings and bunchings, the monstrosities and deformities of ultra-fashionable bad taste, beamed with cheerfulness, friendliness, and kindliness.1974, Isabella Bird, Six Months in the Sandwich Islands, amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes
  2. (slang, vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
    • As for sex, every man in the county knew of the famous thirty-minute humpings available from one of the 'girls' who worked out of the rear rooms of Angels Motel.2007, Rod Wallsmith, Booze, Blood and Justice

Meaning of hump

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
    • The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes.1885, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
  2. (ambitransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
    • For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen.1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 14
    Synonyms:
    heft
  3. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To dry-hump.
    • Stop humping the table, you sicko.
  4. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex (with).
    Synonyms:
    bang
  5. (US, dated, slang) To exert oneself; to make an effort.
    • Lessons are keeping me humping now, and will probably do so all summer.1917, Hart Crane, letter, in Complete Poems & Selected Letters, Library of America 2006
  6. (dated, slang) To vex or annoy.
    Synonyms:
    bother

See all 18 meanings of hump

Forms of humping

pluralhumpings

Phrases with humping

Words that rhyme with humping

Questions about humping

What does humping mean?
Humping means a hump or mound.
What is humping the present participle and gerund of?
Humping is the present participle and gerund of hump.
What part of speech is humping?
Humping is a noun.
How do you pronounce humping?
Humping is pronounced /ˈhʌmpɪŋ/.
What is the plural of humping?
The plural of humping is humpings.

Words near humping in the dictionary

  1. humpies
  2. humpiest
  3. humpily
  4. humpin'
  5. humpiness
  6. humping
  7. humping and dumping
  8. humpings
  9. humpity
  10. humpless
  11. humplessness

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