is humping
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present progressiveof hump (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
humpnouna 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
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“Every person I know is humping it, and he or she gained that ethic from growing up in the inner city,” he writes persuasively.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2015
The sperm whale has a humplike low, thick, dorsal ridge, which, from certain views, particularly when the animal is humping up to begin a dive, may be clearly visible and look like a fin.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell