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Definition of Bump

1. Verb. Knock against with force or violence. "My car bumped into the tree"

2. Noun. A lump on the body caused by a blow.

3. Verb. Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. "They bump the money in the closet"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

4. Noun. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. "The bony excrescence between its horns"

5. Verb. Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward. "They bump "; "Bump and grind"

6. Noun. An impact (as from a collision). "The bump threw him off the bicycle"

7. Verb. Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank. "He was broken down to Sergeant"

8. Verb. Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied. "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

Definition of Bump

1. v. t. To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

2. v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump.

3. n. A thump; a heavy blow.

4. v. i. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

5. n. The noise made by the bittern.

Definition of Bump

1. Noun. A light blow or jolting collision. ¹

2. Noun. The sound of such a collision. ¹

3. Noun. A protuberance on a level surface. ¹

4. Noun. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury. ¹

5. Noun. (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead. ¹

6. Noun. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman. ¹

7. Noun. (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. ¹

8. Noun. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph. ¹

9. Noun. (slang) A dose of the drug ketamine, when taken recreationally. ¹

10. Verb. To knock against or run into with a jolt. ¹

11. Verb. (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. ¹

12. Verb. (chemistry of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive) To move the time of a scheduled event. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bump

1. to knock against [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Bump

1. 1. A thump; a heavy blow. 2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance. "It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone." (Shak) 3. One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness." 4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. Origin: From Bump to strike, to thump. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bump

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bummling bummock bummocks bummy bump (current term) bump-and-grind bump-mapped bump-n'-grind bump-off bump around

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