Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have one's hump up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
have one's hump up
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be angry or sullen.

Archaic; Slang

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What does have one's hump up mean?
To be angry or sullen.

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