Hump

Hump, The Hump, or humping may refer to:

Biological

• Hump, the fleshy mass on the back of a camel containing its fat reservoir
  • For other examples, see the list of animals with humps
• Humping, slang for sexual intercourse
  • Dry humping, a form of non-penetrative sexual activity
• Hunchback or Kyphosis, curvature of the upper spine

Media

• HUMP! (film festival), an annual presentation of amateur pornography

Music

• Humpin, a 1994 album by The Gap Band
• "My Humps", a 2005 song by The Black Eyed Peas

People

• Nickname of Murray Humphreys, a Chicago prohibition gangster

Places

• The Hump (Alberta), a summit in Alberta
• The Hump, a name given by World War II Allied pilots to part of the Himalayan mountains
• HuMP, Hundred Metre Prominence, a classification of British hills
• The Hump (Antarctica), a summit in Antarctica
• Nickname of the Humphrey Coliseum, Mississippi State University's main indoor arena

Transport

• The hump in a railroad Hump yard, to classify railcars by gravity
• Speed humps, an alternative traffic calming method to Speed bumps
• Harrington Hump, a ramped system to increase the height of part of a railway platform

See also

• List of animals with humps