Hunchback
1Hunchback — may refer to one of the following.* a hunchback, someone who suffers from severe kyphosis. * The Hunchback of Notre Dame , a novel by Victor Hugo. * Hunchback , a 1983 arcade game by Century Electronics and 1984 computer game published by Ocean… …
2Hunchback — Hunch back , n. [Cf. {Humpback}.] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person. [1913 Webster] …
3hunchback — (n.) “person with a hunched back,” 1712, back formation from hunchbacked (1590s; see HUNCH (Cf. hunch)) …
4hunchback — ► NOUN 1) a deformed back in the shape of a hump, often caused by collapse of a vertebra. 2) often offensive a person with such a deformity. DERIVATIVES hunchbacked adjective …
5hunchback — [hunch′bak΄] n. 1. HUMPBACK (sense 1) 2. a person having a humped back hunchbacked adj …
6hunchback — UK [ˈhʌntʃˌbæk] / US noun [countable] Word forms hunchback : singular hunchback plural hunchbacks 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… …
7hunchback — [[t]hʌ̱ntʃbæk[/t]] hunchbacks N COUNT A hunchback is someone who has a large lump on their back because their spine is curved. [OFFENSIVE, OLD FASHIONED] …
8hunchback — noun a back deformed by a sharp forward angle, forming a hump, typically caused by collapse of a vertebra. ↘often offensive a person with a hunchback. Derivatives hunchbacked adjective …
9hunchback — n 1. humpback, crookback, camel back, Med. kyphosis, Quasimodo, Fr. bossu. 2. crooked back, hunchback, round shoulders, stoop shoulders, Vet. Pathol. sway back, Pathol. scoliosis, gibbosity, stoop, hump; deformation, malformation, misshape …
10hunchback — Kuapu u. Also: kua hua, kanaka kua pipi o. ♦ The hunchback island (Maui), ka mokupuni kuapu u …
