humping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌmpɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpɪŋ

Verb

humping

1. present participle and gerund of hump

Noun

humping (plural humpings)

1. A hump or mound.
   • 1974, Isabella Bird, Six Months in the Sandwich Islands, amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes:

     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.

2. (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse.
   • 2007, Rod Wallsmith, Booze, Blood and Justice:

     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.