humpy

¹

[huhm-pee]

adjective

humpier, humpiest 

1. full of humps.

2. resembling a hump; humplike.

humpy

²

[huhm-pee]

noun

Australian.

plural

humpies 

1. any crude Aboriginal hut or shelter, especially a shanty built at the edge of a town.

humpy

³

Or hump·ie

[huhm-pee]

noun

plural

humpies 

1. humpback salmon.

humpy

¹

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

adjective

1. full of humps

2. informal,  angry or gloomy

humpy

²

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

noun

1. a primitive hut

Other Word Forms

• humpiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of humpy¹

First recorded in 1700–10; hump + -y ¹

Origin of humpy²

First recorded in 1840–50; from Tharapal (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken between Moreton Bay and Wide Bay, southern Queensland), recorded as umpī (with an intrusive h )

Origin of humpy³

hump(back) + -y ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of humpy¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

He and his family had been in the water at Humpy Island, in the Great Barrier Reef's Keppel Bay Islands National Park, when the attack happened.

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Petersen went on to form the Humpy Bong band with former Bee Gees member Jonathan Kelly and British rocker Tim Staffell, then managed Kelly as a solo artist in the 1970s.

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One of the latter is Nawaaz Mohammad Meerun, a crypto trader who has used the handle “Humpy the Whale” and who allegedly viewed FTX’s incompetent record-keeping as a flaw to be profitably exploited.

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He learned the art of selling tickets, packing grandstands and turning races into spectacles from company founder Bruton Smith and longtime executive Humpy Wheeler.

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Humpy recalls being the only female player to compete in open tournaments - she says these are much tougher to win than women's-only tournaments because the players are more skilled on average.

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