Plural of hump
regular plural
The plural of hump is humps.
Forms of hump
| Singular | hump /hʌmp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | humps /hʌmps/ |
| Countable | countable |
Humps in a sentence
- That car often scrapes the shallowest of humps because of its low ground clearance.From the entry scrape
- All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.From the entry humpbacked
- It is named camelCase because it looks a bit like the humps on a camel's back.2023, Jenny Gibson Bond, “Variables and Components”, in Mark Taub, editor, Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development, 3rd…. From the entry camel case
- That day, strands of snowflakes sparkled like gems where they had collected between the humps of the enameled roof tiles.2008 [1990], John Blofeld, “The Place I Love Most of All—Peking”, in Daniel Reid, transl., My Journey in Mystic China: Old Pu's Travel…. From the entry breathtaking
- Then he walks out and plays a fifteen-minute encore doing nothing but bumps and grinds and humps and tongue flickings.2008, David Henderson, 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky, page 339. From the entry flicking
Meaning of hump
- noun A mound of earth.
- noun A speed bump or speed hump.
- noun A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
Questions about the plural of hump
- What is the plural of hump?
- The plural of hump is humps.
- Is hump countable?
- Hump is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hump (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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