- hunchback hunch·back n
- ['hʌntʃˌbæk]
offensive gobbo (-a)
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hunchback hunch·back n
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hunch|back — «HUHNCH BAK», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person with a hump on his back; humpback: »The hunchback was a dwarf about 30 years old. 2. a back having a hump on it. –adj. = hunchbacked. (Cf. ↑hunchbacked) … Useful english dictionary
Hunchback — Hunch back , n. [Cf. {Humpback}.] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hunchback of Notre Dame — Hunch|back of Not|re Dame, The (1831) a novel by Victor Hugo about a kind but ugly ↑hunchback (=someone whose back has a large raised part on it) called ↑Quasimodo, who rings bells in the ↑cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 15th century. He… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hunchback — [hunch′bak΄] n. 1. HUMPBACK (sense 1) 2. a person having a humped back hunchbacked adj … English World dictionary
hunchback — hunch|back [ˈhʌntʃbæk] n not polite an offensive word for someone who has a large raised part on their back because their ↑spine curves in an unusual way … Dictionary of contemporary English
hunchback — hunch|back [ hʌntʃ,bæk ] noun count OFFENSIVE someone who has a large round part on their back that is caused by an unusual curve in their SPINE. You may see or hear this word but do not use it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hunchback — hunch•back [[t]ˈhʌntʃˌbæk[/t]] n. 1) pat a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of spinal curvature 2) pat humpback 1) … From formal English to slang
hunchback — Nonmedical term for kyphosis or gibbus. * * * hunch·back hənch .bak n 1) HUMPBACK (1) 2) a person with a humpback hunch·backed bakt adj … Medical dictionary
hunchback — (n.) “person with a hunched back,” 1712, back formation from hunchbacked (1590s; see HUNCH (Cf. hunch)) … Etymology dictionary
hunch — [hunch] vt. [< ?] to draw (one s body, etc.) up so as to form a hump; arch into a hump vi. 1. to move forward jerkily; push; shove 2. to sit or stand with the back arched n. 1. a hump 2. a chunk; lump; hunk ☆ 3 … English World dictionary
hunchback — /hunch bak /, n. 1. a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Cf. kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis. 2. humpback (def. 1). [1705 15; back formation from HUNCHBACKED] * * * … Universalium
