different between humph vs humpy

English

Alternative forms

• hmph

Etymology

A natural utterance, first recorded in the mid-16th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h?mf/, /h(?)mf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /h?mf/, /h(?)mf/, [h?mf], [h(??)mf]

Interjection

humph

1. Used to express doubt or disapproval
   • 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 8:

     "There!" panted Pollyanna, hastily plucking a pink from a vase near by and tucking it into the dark hair where it would give the best effect. "Now I reckon we're ready to be looked at!" And she held out the mirror in triumph.
     "Humph!" grunted the sick woman, eyeing her reflection severely. "I like red pinks better than pink ones; but then, it'll fade, anyhow, before night, so what's the difference!"

Synonyms

• humbug

Translations

Verb

humph (third-person singular simple present humphs, present participle humphing, simple past and past participle humphed)

1. (intransitive) To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval.

English

Etymology 1

hump +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?mpi/
• Rhymes: -?mpi

Adjective

humpy (comparative humpier, superlative humpiest)

1. Characterised by humps, uneven.
2. Muscular; hunky.
3. Hunched, bent over.
   • 1907, P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Westbrook, Not George Washington: An Autobiographical Novel, 2008, page 107,

     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.

4. Sulky; irritable.

Derived terms

• humpily
• humpiness

Noun

humpy (plural humpies)

1. Alternative form of humpie

Etymology 2

From Yagara (Brisbane region) ?umbi, perhaps influenced by hump.

Noun

humpy (plural humpies)

1. (Australia) A hut or temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, especially for Aborigines.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter III, p. 29, [6]

     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 […]

   • 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 31:

     Trilby was the first to wake, her face barred with sunlight that slipped through the inadequate walls of the humpy.

   • 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, 1995, Angus & Robertson, p. 257,

     There weren?t that many blacks about, but a lot of humpies – at times it must have been a fairly big camp.

Synonyms

• gunyah
• mia mia
• wurly