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bump ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bmp)
v. bumped, bump·ing, bumps
v. tr.
To strike or collide with.
To cause to knock against an obstacle.
To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
To shake up and down; jolt: bumped the child on her knee; was bumped about on a rough flight.
To displace from a position within a group or organization.
To deprive (a passenger) of a reserved seat because of overbooking.
To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline.
Sports. To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.
v. intr.
To hit or knock against something.
To proceed with jerks and jolts: bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain.
Sports. To bump a volleyball.
n.
A blow, collision, or jolt.
The sound of something bumping: heard a loud bump in the dark.
A raised or rounded spot; a bulge.
A slight swelling or lump.
Something, such as unevenness or a hole in a road, that causes a bump.
A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.
One of the natural protuberances on the human skull, considered to have significance in phrenology.
A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
Sports. A pass in volleyball made by redirecting the ball with the inside of the forearms, especially when extended and held together.
Slang. A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.
Phrasal Verbs:
bump into
To meet by chance: I often bump into him at the supermarket.
bump off Slang
To murder.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
bump
In addition to the idioms beginning with bump, also see goose pimples (bumps); like a bump on a log.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
bump
n 1: a lump on the body caused by a blow 2: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [syn: bulge, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 3: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" [syn: blow] v 1: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: knock] 2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: find, happen, chance, encounter] 3: dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind" 4: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant" [syn: demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: promote] 5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" [syn: dislodge, displace]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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