noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈhʌmpbæk/
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CMU ARPABET:HH AH1 M P B AE2 K
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
1858, Royal B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls, San Francisco: [for the author], Chapter 4, p. 134, On either side were the high, irregularly sloped mountains, with their foot hills robed in the same bright green as the valley, and with their bald hump-backs and sharp peaks, treeless, verdureless, and desolate [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, offensive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crookback, hunchback
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A humpback whale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A humpback salmon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To hunt humpback whales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: baleen whale, whalebone whale
9
noun
Meaning 9
a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hunchback, crookback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cripple
10
noun
Meaning 10
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kyphosis, hunchback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spinal curvature
History
Etymology
From hump + back.
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
donqar
— humped back
Bulgarian:
гърбица
(gǎrbica)
— humped back
Chinese Mandarin:
駝背 /驼背
(tuóbèi)
— humped back
Finnish:
kyttyrä
— humped back
French:
bosse
— humped back
Georgian:
კუზი
(ḳuzi)
— humped back
German:
Buckel
— humped back
Hungarian:
púp
— humped back
Japanese:
傴僂
(kuguse)
— humped back
Japanese:
傴僂
(semushi)
— humped back
Korean:
곱사
(gopsa)
— humped back
Korean:
곱사등
(gopsadeung)
— humped back
Macedonian:
гр́пка
(gŕpka)
— humped back
Māori:
tuarā hake
— humped back
Polish:
garb
— humped back
Portuguese:
corcunda
— humped back
Russian:
горб
(gorb)
— humped back
Swedish:
puckelrygg
— humped back
Telugu:
కుబ్జము
(kubjamu)
— humped back
Arabic:
أَحْدَب
(ʔaḥdab)
— humpbacked person
Arabic:
حَدْبَاء
(ḥadbāʔ)
— humpbacked person
Armenian:
կուզիկ
(kuzik)
— humpbacked person
Azerbaijani:
donqar
— humpbacked person
Azerbaijani:
qozbel
— humpbacked person
Bulgarian:
гърбушко
(gǎrbuško)
— humpbacked person
Catalan:
geperut
— humpbacked person
Catalan:
geperuda
— humpbacked person
Chinese Mandarin:
駝背 /驼背
(tuóbèi)
— humpbacked person
Chinese Mandarin:
駝子 /驼子
(tuózi)
— humpbacked person
Czech:
hrbáč
— humpbacked person
Czech:
hrbáčka
— humpbacked person
Dutch:
bultenaar
— humpbacked person
Finnish:
kyttyräselkä
— humpbacked person
French:
bossu
— humpbacked person
French:
bossue
— humpbacked person
Georgian:
კუზიანი
(ḳuziani)
— humpbacked person
German:
Buckliger
— humpbacked person
German:
Bucklige
— humpbacked person
Greek:
καμπούρης
(kampoúris)
— humpbacked person
Greek:
καμπούρα
(kampoúra)
— humpbacked person
Hebrew:
גיבן
— humpbacked person
Hebrew:
גיבנה
— humpbacked person
Ido:
gibozo
— humpbacked person
Ido:
gibiero
— humpbacked person
Irish:
cruitíneach
— humpbacked person
Japanese:
傴僂
(kuguse)
— humpbacked person
Japanese:
傴僂
(semushi)
— humpbacked person
Korean:
곱사
(gopsa)
— humpbacked person
Korean:
곱사등이
(gopsadeung'i)
— humpbacked person
Korean:
꼽추
(kkopchu)
— humpbacked person
Latvian:
kuprainis
— humpbacked person
Latvian:
kupraine
— humpbacked person
Latvian:
kuprītis
— humpbacked person
Latvian:
kuprīte
— humpbacked person
Lithuanian:
kùprius
— humpbacked person
Lithuanian:
kùprė
— humpbacked person
Lithuanian:
kuprỹs
— humpbacked person
Lithuanian:
kuprė̃
— humpbacked person
Macedonian:
гр́бавец
(gŕbavec)
— humpbacked person
Macedonian:
гр́бавко
(gŕbavko)
— humpbacked person
Macedonian:
ка́мбур
(kámbur)
— humpbacked person
Māori:
piari
— humpbacked person
Māori:
manau
— humpbacked person
Māori:
tāupe
— humpbacked person
Navajo:
yélii
— humpbacked person
Persian:
گوژپشت
(gužpošt)
— humpbacked person
Polish:
garbaty
— humpbacked person
Polish:
garbata
— humpbacked person
Polish:
garbus
— humpbacked person
Polish:
garbuska
— humpbacked person
Portuguese:
corcunda
— humpbacked person
Russian:
горбу́н
(gorbún)
— humpbacked person
Russian:
горбу́нья
(gorbúnʹja)
— humpbacked person
Russian:
горба́ч
(gorbáč)
— humpbacked person
Russian:
горба́тый
(gorbátyj)
— humpbacked person
Russian:
горба́тая
(gorbátaja)
— humpbacked person
Spanish:
jorobado
— humpbacked person
Spanish:
corcovado
— humpbacked person
Spanish:
giboso
— humpbacked person
Spanish:
contrahecho
— humpbacked person
Swedish:
puckelrygg
— humpbacked person
Tagalog:
kuba
— humpbacked person
Telugu:
కుబ్జుడు
(kubjuḍu)
— humpbacked person
Urdu:
کبڑا
(kubṛā)
— humpbacked person
Finnish:
pyytää ryhävalaita
— to hunt humpback whales
Polish:
polować na humbaki
— to hunt humpback whales
