the hump

noun

British, informal

: a state in which one is angry or upset

She gets the hump when she loses.

Losing gives her the hump.

Examples of the hump in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over the hump and safely onto the other side of the week. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026

But still, those teams could never get over the hump. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026

And that episode was the episode that kind of took the series over the hump. — Charles Moss, SPIN, 8 June 2026

Zverev is finally over the hump, but will now face additional pressure to add another major when Sinner and Alcaraz return to the fold. — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 7 June 2026

That has fueled this year’s team and given them the experience to get over the hump and win the Cup. — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026

Carolina won at least a round in each of the previous seven but had consistently failed to get over the hump. — Stephen Whyno, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

But Morey's future moves fell short of getting the Sixers over the hump. — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 12 May 2026

Maybe that would be a move that could get Hagens over the hump. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the hump

• bump
• chump
• clump
• crump
• dump
• gump
• jump
• lump
• plump
• pump
• rump
• slump