2. Noun. (British with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of bump) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bumps
1. bump [v] - See also: bump
Medical Definition of Bumps
1. The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from these injured blood vessels into the tissues as well as from the body's response to the injury. A purplish, flat bruise that occurs when blood leaks out into the top layers of skin is referred to as an ecchymosis. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumps
Literary usage of Bumps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The University of Hard Knocks: The School that Completes Our Education by Ralph Albert Parlette (1917)
"Its books are bumps. Every bump is a lesson. If we learn the lesson with one bump,
... They do not waste the bumps. We get promoted to the next bump. ..."
2. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"The number of bumps which are found upon a beast is equal to the number of eggs
which have been deposited in its flesh; or, to speak more correctly, ..."
3. Narrative of a Tour in North America: Comprising Mexico, the Mines of Real by Henry Tudor (1834)
"... there—Journey to Auburn — Dreadful Roads — Carriage breaks down—Tears and
Lamentations—Tribe of Oneida Indians—Syracuse—Auburn—bumps and Bruises. ..."
4. English in Service: Book One[-three] by Walter Wilbur Hatfield, Anne Laura McGregor (1922)
"Before starting down, I studied the field and decided that the easiest course
would be directly over the center of the two largest bumps. ..."
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