Hunchback

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hunchback \Hunch"back`\, n. [Cf. {Humpback}.]
     A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hunchback
       adj : characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality
             of the vertebral column [syn: {crookback}, {crookbacked},
              {humped}, {humpbacked}, {hunchbacked}, {gibbous}, {kyphotic}]
       n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: {kyphosis},
             {humpback}]
       2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature
          of the upper spine [syn: {humpback}, {crookback}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "hunchback":
     bowlegs, camelback, cleft palate, clubfoot, crookback, defacement,
     deformation, deformity, disfigurement, flatfoot, freakishness,
     harelip, humpback, knock-knee, kyphosis, lordosis, malconformation,
     malformation, misproportion, misshape, monstrosity, mutilation,
     splayfoot, swayback, talipes, teratology, torticollis, truncation,
     valgus, wryneck