had been humping

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of hump.
  hump

  noun

  a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

had been humping

We had been humping through the woods and the paddies all day, looking for North Vietnamese troops but not finding them.

From Time Magazine Archive

More Suggestions

• bungee jumping
• chest-thumping
• tub-thumping