hump

hump
1. noun
1) (a large lump on the back of an animal, person etc: a camel's hump.) pukkel
2) (part of a road etc which rises and falls in the shape of a hump.) tue, kul
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2. adjective
(rising and falling in the shape of a hump: a humpback bridge.) pukkelrygget
kul
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pukkel
I
subst. \/hʌmp\/
1) pukkel, kjøtt av pukkel (særlig bisonokse)
2) tue, knoll, haug, kneik
3) kul (i veibane)
4) (hverdagslig) kneik, kritisk punkt
5) (britisk slang) dårlig humør, depresjon, nedtrykthet
6) (jernbane) eselrygg (kul som jernbanevogner skyves over for så å trille i nedoverbakke til en skiftetomt)
7) (luftfart) fjellkjede (særlig Himalaya under 2. verdenskrig)
get a hump on bli irritert på, la seg irritere av
hit the hump prøve å flykte, forsøke å rømme hoppe av (desertere)
it gives me the hump det gjør meg deppa, det gjør meg nedtrykt, det gjør meg nedfor det får meg i dårlig humør, det gjør meg irritert
live on one's hump (hverdagslig) være selvforsynt
be over the hump være over det verste, være over kneiken
• we are over the hump
vi har det verste bak oss
• the doctor says she's over the hump
legen sier at hun er over det verste
II
verb \/hʌmp\/
1) heise opp, heve
2) krumme, krøke, gjøre skutrygget, lute
3) (hverdagslig) irritere, forargre
4) (hverdagslig) gjøre deprimert, gjøre nedfor
5) (hverdagslig) anstrenge seg, slite, jobbe hardt
6) (slang, vulgært) knulle, ri, pule
7) (austr. slang, om sekk e.l.) forklaring: slenge på ryggen eller skulderen
8) (hverdagslig) bære, bære med seg
9) skynde seg, haste
hump along jobbe og slite skynde seg
hump it (hverdagslig) stikke, stikke av, løpe av sted
hump oneself (slang) ta i et krafttak, gjøre en kraftanstrengelse
hump up one's back (om katt) skyte rygg
• the cat humped up her back when she saw the dog
katten skjøt rygg da hun så hunden
krumme ryggen, krøke ryggen (overført) bli sint, reise bust
hump up one's shoulders heise opp skuldrene

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