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Hup vs Hump - What's the difference?

hup | hump |

As an interjection hup

is the first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the lead-off step in a march or some other action.

As a proper noun hump is

the himalayas, as the challenge for the supply route between india and china.

hup

English

Interjection

  • The first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the lead-off step in a march or some other action.
    • After four we raise our swords...One Two Three Four...Hup''' Two Three Four...'''Hup Two Three Four.

    Related terms

    * (beat) hep, hip, variants of the 4/4 downbeat in swing and jazz

    Anagrams

    * ----

    hump

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hump) (en noun)
  • A mound of earth.
  • A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.
  • A speed hump.
  • (rft-sense) A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
  • (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
  • (British, slang) A bad mood.
    • get the hump''', have the '''hump''', take the '''hump .
  • (slang) A painfully boorish person.
    • That guy is such a hump !

    Synonyms

    * (abnormal deformity of the spine) gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback

    See also

    * over the hump * hump day * speed hump

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bend something into a hump.
  • (slang) To carry something, especially with some exertion.
  • (slang) To carry, especially with some exertion.
  • (intransitive) To dry-hump.
  • (slang) To have sex with.
  • (slang) To have sex.

    • Derived terms

    * dry-hump