hunchback
/ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/
hunchback noun: one who is stooped or hunched over.
Noun
hunchback (plural hunchbacks)
- One who is stooped or hunched over.
- A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
- A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
- The Legend of Knock-Grafton tells how a little hunchback, while sitting to rest at nightfall at the side of a Rath or Moat, heard the fairies within singing over and over again, Da Luan, Da Mart! (i.e., Monday, Tuesday!) and added, weary with the monotony, Agus da Cadin! (i.e., and Wednesday!).1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 364
hunchback meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
hunchback in Hindi
- a hunchback
- कुबड़ा kubṛā, कुब्बा kubbā
- hunchback
- विनता vintā
hunchback in Tamil
- கூனன், கூனி, முதுகுக் கூனல், பின் வளைவு
hunchback in Urdu
- کبڑا
hunchback in Malayalam
- hunchback
- കൂൻ kūṉ
More languagesFewer languages
- hunchback in Kannada
- ಗೂನು ಬೆನ್ನು, ಪೊರಂಡು, ಪೊರಡು, ಹೊರಟು
- hunchback in Tagalog
- kuba
Synonyms of hunchback
Forms of hunchback
| plural | hunchbacks |
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Origin of hunchback
Back-formation from hunchbacked.
Words formed from hunchback
Questions about hunchback
- What does hunchback mean?
- Hunchback means one who is stooped or hunched over.
- What is hunchback in Hindi?
- Hunchback in Hindi is कुबड़ा (kubṛā), कुब्बा (kubbā), विनता (vintā). See Hunchback meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hunchback?
- Hunchback is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hunchback?
- Hunchback is pronounced /ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/.
- What is the plural of hunchback?
- The plural of hunchback is hunchbacks.
Words near hunchback in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hunchback (page history and authors); कुबड़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); hunchback (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hunchback (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കൂൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); hunchback (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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