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humping en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhʌmpɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. A hump or mound.
    • The foreign ladies, in their simple, tasteful, fresh attire, innocent of the humpings and bunchings, the monstrosities and deformities of ultra-fashionable bad taste, beamed with cheerfulness, friendliness, and kindliness. 1974, Isabella Bird, Six Months in the Sandwich Islands, amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes:
  2. (slang, vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
    • As for sex, every man in the county knew of the famous thirty-minute humpings available from one of the 'girls' who worked out of the rear rooms of Angels Motel. 2007, Rod Wallsmith, Booze, Blood and Justice:

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humping en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈhʌmpɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of hump
    form of hump