humpy

¹ American  

[huhm-pee] / ˈhʌm pi /

adjective

humpier, humpiest

1. full of humps.

2. resembling a hump; humplike.

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humpy ² American  

[huhm-pee] / ˈhʌm pi /

noun

Australian.

humpies plural

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

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humpy ³ American  

[huhm-pee] / ˈhʌm pi /

Or humpie

noun

humpies plural

1. humpback salmon.

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humpy ¹ British  

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

adjective

1. full of humps

2. informal angry or gloomy

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humpy ² British  

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

noun

1. a primitive hut

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• humpiness
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• humpies
  plural

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

She now stands on the cusp of becoming only India's third-ever female Grandmaster after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

Kosteniuk’s greatest stroke of good fortune came two rounds later, as she found herself in desperate straits against her closest pursuer, Indian GM Humpy Koneru.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2023

But Humpy had disappeared, and that satisfaction was not to be had.

From Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready by Alger, Horatio