hunchback

3 definitions found

hunchback - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

hunchback - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hunchback
      n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn:
           kyphosis, humpback, hunchback]
      2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature
         of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback,
         crookback]

hunchback - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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