hump it

verb

To depart in a hurry; to flee.

“C. L. Money Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush.”

Meanings

verbhump it (third-person singular simple present humps it, present participle humping it, simple past and past participle humped it)

present singular third person humps it · participle present humping it · participle past humped it · past humped it

  1. slangTo depart in a hurry; to flee.

    C. L. Money Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush.

    1 more example

    McClure's Magazine A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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Chicago

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