humpback
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humpback
- /ˈhʌmpbæk/
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From hump + back.
noun humpbacks · hump-back
- A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine). […] the Stone in my Fathers Body was so immense, that I’ve wonder’d it did not bunch up behind, and make him have a Hump-back, or at least overpoise him in walking, and drag him backward with its incredible weight.
- A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal. […] the cows stood about with gloomy eyes and hump-backs, surly and dangerous […]
- A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill. 1858, Royal B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls, San Francisco: [for the author], Chapter 4, p. 134, On either side were the high, irregularly sloped mountains, with their foot hills robed in the same bright green as the valley, and with their bald hump-backs and sharp peaks, treeless, verdur
- A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis. […] Tom’s more specific and kindly impressions gradually melted into the old background of suspicion and dislike toward him as a queer fellow, a humpback, and the son of a rogue.
- A humpback whale.
- A humpback salmon.
verb humpbacks · humpbacking · humpbacked · hump-back
- To hunt humpback whales. The captain of the James Rodgers […] was an old hand at humpbacking […]
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noun humped back
| 한국어 | 곱사 gopsa, 곱사등 gopsadeung |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 傴僂 kuguse, 傴僂 semushi |
| 中文 | 駝背 /驼背 tuóbèi |
| Português | corcunda |
| Français | bosse |
| Deutsch | Buckel |
| Русский | горб gorb |
noun humpbacked person
| Español | jorobado, corcovado, giboso, contrahecho |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 곱사 gopsa, 곱사등이 gopsadeung'i, 꼽추 kkopchu |
| 日本語 | 傴僂 kuguse, 傴僂 semushi |
| 中文 | 駝背 /驼背 tuóbèi, 駝子 /驼子 tuózi |
| Português | corcunda |
| Français | bossu, bossue |
| Deutsch | Buckliger, Bucklige |
| Ελληνικά | καμπούρης kampoúris, καμπούρα kampoúra |
| Русский | горбу́н gorbún, горбу́нья gorbúnʹja, горба́ч gorbáč, горба́тый gorbátyj, горба́тая gorbátaja |
| العربية | أَحْدَب ʔaḥdab, حَدْبَاء ḥadbāʔ |
| עברית | גיבן, גיבנה |
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@misc{humpback_2026,
title = {humpback},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/humpback},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
