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humpy

1

[ huhm-pee ]

adjective

humpier, humpiest.
  1. full of humps.
  2. resembling a hump; humplike.


humpy

2

[ huhm-pee ]

noun

Australian.
plural humpies.
  1. any crude Aboriginal hut or shelter, especially a shanty built at the edge of a town.

humpy

3
or ³ó³Ü³¾±è·¾±±ð

[ huhm-pee ]

noun

plural humpies.

humpy

1

/ ˈ³óÊŒ³¾±èɪ /

adjective

  1. full of humps
  2. informal.
    angry or gloomy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

humpy

2

/ ˈ³óÊŒ³¾±èɪ /

noun

  1. a primitive hut
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó³Ü³¾±è¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó³Ü³¾±èi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of humpy1

First recorded in 1700–10; hump + -y 1

Origin of humpy2

First recorded in 1840–50; from Tharapal (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken between Moreton Bay and Wide Bay, southern Queensland), recorded as ³Ü³¾±èÄ« (with an intrusive h )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of humpy1

C19: from a native Australian language
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He and his family had been in the water at Humpy Island, in the Great Barrier Reef's Keppel Bay Islands National Park, when the attack happened.

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Petersen went on to form the Humpy Bong band with former Bee Gees member Jonathan Kelly and British rocker Tim Staffell, then managed Kelly as a solo artist in the 1970s.

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One of the latter is Nawaaz Mohammad Meerun, a crypto trader who has used the handle “Humpy the Whale†and who allegedly viewed FTX’s incompetent record-keeping as a flaw to be profitably exploited.

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He learned the art of selling tickets, packing grandstands and turning races into spectacles from company founder Bruton Smith and longtime executive Humpy Wheeler.

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Humpy recalls being the only female player to compete in open tournaments - she says these are much tougher to win than women's-only tournaments because the players are more skilled on average.

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