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hump
English
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada, UK) IPA(key): /h?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
hump (plural humps)
- A mound of earth.
- A speed hump.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (Britain, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.
- She's got the hump with me.
- Go away! You're giving me the right hump.
- (slang) A painfully boorish person.
- That guy is such a hump!
- A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
Synonyms
- (abnormal deformity of the spine): gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
hump (third-person singular simple present humps, present participle humping, simple past and past participle humped)
- (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
- to rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse
- (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
- (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
- (US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
- (slang, dated) To vex or annoy.
- (rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.
Synonyms
- (to carry): heft, shoulder, tote; see also Thesaurus:carry
- (to go on foot): hike, trek, walk; see also Thesaurus:walk
- (to have sex): bang, bone, ride, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
- (to vex): bother, irk, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy
Derived terms
- dry-hump
- hump it
Translations
Anagrams
- phum, umph
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.
Noun
hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humper, definite plural humpene)
- a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)
Derived terms
- fartshump
References
- “hump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.
Noun
hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humpar, definite plural humpane)
- a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)
Derived terms
- fartshump
References
- “hump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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wander
English
Etymology
From Middle English wandren, wandrien, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-Germanic *wandr?n? (“to wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“to turn, wind”), equivalent to wend +? -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- (West Midlands, especially Birmingham) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/, IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
- Hyphenation: wan?der
Verb
wander (third-person singular simple present wanders, present participle wandering, simple past and past participle wandered)
- (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
- Synonyms: err, roam
- (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- Bible, Psalms cxix.10:
- O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
- Bible, Psalms cxix.10:
- (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- Synonym: cheat
- (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- Synonym: drift
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
wander (countable and uncountable, plural wanders)
- (countable) The act or instance of wandering.
- (uncountable) The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.
- Hyponym: polar wander
- baseline wander in ECG signals
Translations
Anagrams
- Andrew, Darwen, Warden, drawne, warden, warned
German
Pronunciation
Verb
wander
- inflection of wandern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
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