*hump*

n. 1. a noisy boisterous parade.
Syn. -- callithump, callithump parade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [ U. S. ] [ Also spelled callathump. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. kumbr a chopping, E. chop. ] 1. A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a stupid person; a fool; a dolt; also, a dupe. [ PJC ]

Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. Hunch. ] 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Railroad) a portion of a switchyard with a slanting track in which freight cars may coast without an engine and be sorted through a series of switches. [ PJC ]

v. t. 1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.

The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. T. Roosvelt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [ Slang, Australia ]

Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush. C. L. Money. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump yourself. [ Slang, U. S. ]

A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow. McClure's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Railroad) to sort freight cars by means of a hump. [ PJC ]

5. to engage in sexual intercourse with. [ Vulgar Slang, U. S. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Hunchback. ] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and Megaptera osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is Megaptera versabilis. (b) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America; the humpbacked salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a humped back. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the humpback{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

a. Having a hump, as the back. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ Of imitative origin. ] An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a hump. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v. t. ] 1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The distant forge's swinging thump profound. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Thumped p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping. ] To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. [ 1913 Webster ]

A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, thumps. [ 1913 Webster ]