Tuesday's slang word of the day: bust (one's) hump

Today's slang word of the day is bust (one's) hump. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.

bust (one's) hump

verb - transitive

• to criticize; "get on (one's) case".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Incoming", Persons Unknown (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 5 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.

  Last edited on Jul 14 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 14 2010.

• to work hard.

  I busted my hump to get the project done on time.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.

  Last edited on Jul 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 27 2010.

Enjoy!

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com) from The Online Slang Dictionary

P.S. Sorry about the blacked out citations. Google penalizes the dictionary if I show them. (There's a bunch of information about the penalty here.)