humping

as inarch

as inlug
as inpack
as inthrust
as incock
as inconvey
as inendeavor
as inhaul
as inhunch

Word Origin & History

1680s (in hump-backed), from Dutch homp "lump," from Middle Low German hump "bump," from Proto-Germanic *hump-, from PIE *kemb- "to bend, turn, change, exchange." Replaced, or perhaps influenced by, crump, from Old English crump. A meaning attested from 1901 is "mound in a railway yard over which cars must be pushed," which may be behind the figurative sense of "critical point of an undertaking" (1914). Humpback whale is from 1725.

Example Sentences for humping

But humping was then a novelty, and we regarded it as a labour of love.

I wouldn't wonder but what she is humping her swag after me now.

A watch of stokers and engineers is below, humping the ship along.

No chance of my humping her out under her own engine, thats sure.

Compared with other birds, she looked like an old woman, humping her back and coughing.

The fact was that he never had learned to purr, nor had any reason, so far as he knew, for humping up his back.

Paul saw Amisura weeping, humping pitiably back to his litter on all fours, and heard Pakriaa laugh.

He may be riding boundaries, or droving cattle, or humping his swag about the back-blocks away to the devil—somewhere.

The poor bird sits on his branch swinging weakly to and fro, humping up his shoulders in woebegone style.

Such as pay-day there he was, walking down the platform towards the depot, and humping alongside—Sinkers.

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