humpy
/ˈhʌmpi/
humpy adjective: characterised by humps, uneven. Also the alternative form of humpie.
Adjective
humpy (comparative humpier, superlative humpiest)
- Characterised by humps, uneven.
- A very weary small boy and a weary father and mother were soon asleep in the hardest and humpiest bed ever made.1907, Edith M.H Baylor, A Little Prospector, page 60
- The cab height was reduced, but the front fenders looked higher and humpier.1988, John Gunnell, Chevrolet Pickups, 1946-1972: How to Identify, Select and Restore Chevrolet Collector Light Trucks, Panels and El Caminos, page 19
- Muscular; hunky.
- The artist [Michelangelo] spends most of his time avoiding the Pope's clutches and pursuing his humpy, young models about the city and the studio.1981 December 27, Michael Bronski, “Models, Noblemen, and One Hell of a Ceiling”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 15
- On a Friday night, Tom went upstairs to the second-floor show bar at the club to see the final show, and decided that Oscar had really underpraised the dancers – as each one entered, he appeared to be even humpier and better-hung than the ones before.2010, John Butler, Ships That Pass in the Night, page 90
- Hunched, bent over.
- Tell you what it was just like. Reminded me of it even at the time: that picture of Napoleon coming back from Moscow. The Reverend was Napoleon, and we were the generals; and if there were three humpier men walking the streets of London at that moment I should have liked to have seen them.1907, P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Westbrook, Not George Washington: An Autobiographical Novel, published 2008, page 107
- Sulky; irritable.
- As the rain poured down; and Frieda went on and on about the children; and Lawrence got humpier and humpier but kept asking ‘a dozen times a day in all keys, are you miserable’ (i. 534); it must have been the Christmas misery all over again.1996, Mark Kinkead-Weekes, D.H. Lawrence: Triumph to Exile, 1912-1922, volume 1, page 55
Noun (1)
humpy (plural humpies)
- A white perch (Morone americana).
Noun (2)
humpy (plural humpies)
- A temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, traditionally used by Aboriginal people.
- It was a new humpy of bark and saplings, quaintly impressive of white man’s defiance of the wild.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 79
- Trilby was the first to wake, her face barred with sunlight that slipped through the inadequate walls of the humpy.1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 31
- Any crude or temporary dwelling, especially made from found materials; a bush hut.
- They did nothing much more in the way of building than to erect a number of crazy humpies of such materials as bark and kerosene-cans […]1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter III, in Capricornia, page 29
- Evicted men and their families lived wherever they could, and shanty towns of hessian-sack humpies grew up in Sydney′s southern suburbs on vacant crown land: the largest being at Brighton-le-Sands, Rockdale, Long Bay and La Perouse. In such camps, unemployed huddled for warmth in humpies while...2003, Frank G. Clarke, Australia in a Nutshell: A Narrative History, page 215
Proper noun capitalized: Humpy
Humpy (plural Humpys or Humpies)
- A nickname for someone with a deformity.
- A nickname for someone who is very sexually active.
- A diminutive of the male given names Humphrey and Humphry.
Also used as
humpy is also the alternative form of humpie.
Synonyms of humpy
Forms of humpy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | humpier |
| superlative | humpiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | humpies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Humpys |
| plural | Humpies |
Origin of humpy
From hump + -y.
From Yagara (Brisbane region) ŋumbi, perhaps influenced by hump.
Words formed from humpy
Words that rhyme with humpy
Questions about humpy
- What does humpy mean?
- Humpy means characterised by humps, uneven.
- What part of speech is humpy?
- Humpy can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce humpy?
- Humpy is pronounced /ˈhʌmpi/.
Words near humpy in the dictionary
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