English Dictionary
Definition of “bump”
bump (bʌmp
)
Definitions
verb
- intr, usually foll by against or into to knock or strike with a jolt
- (intr) along to travel or proceed in jerks and jolts
- (tr) to hurt by knocking ⇒
he bumped his head on the ceiling
- (tr) to knock out of place; dislodge ⇒
the crash bumped him from his chair
- (tr) British to throw (a child) into the air, one other child holding each limb, and let him down again to touch the ground
- (in rowing races, esp at Oxford and Cambridge) to catch up with and touch (another boat that started a fixed distance ahead)
- cricket to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces high on pitching or (of a ball) to bounce high when bowled
- (intr) mainly US Canadian to dance erotically by thrusting the pelvis forward (esp in the phrase bump and grind)
- (tr) poker to raise (someone)
- (tr) informal to exclude a ticket-holding passenger from a flight as a result of overbooking
- (tr) informal to displace (someone or something) from a previously allocated position ⇒
the story was bumped from the front page
- See bump uglies
noun
- an impact; knock; jolt; collision
- a dull thud or other noise from an impact or collision
- the shock of a blow or collision
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
- a protuberance, as on a road surface
- any of the natural protuberances of the human skull, said by phrenologists to indicate underlying faculties and character
- a rising current of air that gives an aircraft a severe upward jolt
- (plural) the act of bumping a child. See sense 5
- rowing the act of bumping See bumping race
- See bump ball
Word Origin
C16: probably of imitative origin
Synonyms
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=
jerk,
shake,
bounce,
rattle,
jar,
jog,
lurch,
jolt,
jostle,
jounce,
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thud,
crash,
knock,
smash,
bang,
smack,
thump,
clump,
wallop,
clunk,
clonk,
Translations
- British English:
bump
A bump is an accidental knock or collision.Small children often cry after a minor bump.bʌmp NOUN Small children often cry after a minor bump.
- Spanish:
tropezón
nm
- French:
bosse
nf
- German:
Plumps
nm
- Chinese: 撞击 n
- Arabic: ضَرْبَة n
- Portuguese: pancada surda nf
- Russian: глухой тяжелый удар nm
- Croatian: kvrga nf
- Czech: náraz nm
- Danish: bump nnt
- Dutch: buil n
- Finnish: töyssy n
- Greek: πρόσκρουση nf
- Italian: bernoccolo nm
- Japanese: 衝突 n
- Korean: 충돌 n
- Norwegian: hump nm
- Polish: uderzenie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: pancada surda nf
- European Spanish:
topetazo
nm
- Swedish: stöt nutr
- Thai: การชน n
- Turkish: çarpma n
- Vietnamese: sự va mạnh n
Usage examples
Honestly Rose, I just know that Andrew's going to let her down with a nasty bump.
Isabel Wolff, RESCUING ROSE (2002)No matter where the ceremony, medical or not, you bump into old friends.
British Medical Journal (2002)Families most likely to bump up their savings are typically those with the highest incomes, the economic think tank argues.
Globe and Mail (2003)I wonder how attracted to you your lover would be as your bump grows and responsibility looms large.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Anyway, then the doctor meets a poet friend of his and together they bump into a sea-captain in a coffee house.
Will Davenport, THE PAINTER (2003)
