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humped

[ huhmpt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Origin of humped¹

First recorded in 1705–15; hump + -ed ³

It’s high-humped base and curved click panel guides your hand into a very comfortable position that allows your hand to drape over the mouse.

Plastic can also leach toxins and introduce bacteria that poison the one-humped mammals, Wernery says.

The Constitution was written by men who owned breweries, imported whiskey, and humped cows.

While this is a little stuffy and boring...it is preferable to getting your leg humped constantly by a dog (i.e. Jacob).

The first man my eyes lighted upon as I stepped inside was MacRae, humped disconsolately on the edge of a bunk.

Every time she bawled she humped her back and moved her tail up and down like the handle of an old-fashioned wooden pump.

There were covered carts looking like sun-bonnets on wheels and pulled by humped-necked oxen.

The cats that were below felt him going up the tree and the cats that were above humped themselves up.

The body rolled beneath the ripping hands and mouths, for one arm swept into the air above their lowered heads and humped backs.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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