humpback

1. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).Examples: "[…] the cows stood about with gloomy eyes and hump-backs, surly and dangerous […]"; "On the bare hills one begins to see unfamiliar silhouettes of animals against the sky. […] the peaked humpbacks of gnu on a ridge […]"broadly

2. A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).Examples: "1858, Royal B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls, San Francisco: [for the author], Chapter 4, p. 134, On either side were the high, irregularly sloped mountains, with their foot hills robed in the same bright green as the valley, and with their bald hump-backs and sharp peaks, treeless, verdureless, and desolate […]"; "The Goons kept appearing and disappearing in different places, always closer to them, as they worked their way over the humpback of the terrain."; "I could see clear out to the humpbacks of small islands along the great lake, where small banks of fog hung."figuratively

3. (derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.Examples: "[…] Tom’s more specific and kindly impressions gradually melted into the old background of suspicion and dislike toward him as a queer fellow, a humpback, and the son of a rogue."; "[…] I stared up at the raw spots on his cheek and thought, there is no safety anywhere: a humpback, a cripple—they all have the trigger that sets love off."Synonyms: crookback, hunchbackderogatoryoffensive