bump

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/bʌmp/

noun 6verb 6intj 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.) sudden strong blow

ADJ

loud | slight

PREP

with a ~

The car stopped with a sudden bump when it hit the pothole in the road.

(noun.) lump on the body

ADJ

big | little, small

VERB + BUMP

have | get

PREP

~ on

She noticed a small bump on her arm after falling off her bike yesterday.

(noun.) lump in a flat surface

VERB + BUMP

hit

The car suddenly hit a bump in the road and made all the passengers bounce.

PREP

~ in

She felt a sudden bump in her car seat as the vehicle hit a pothole.

(verb.)

ADV

accidentally

PREP

against

She accidentally bumped against the door frame while carrying the heavy boxes upstairs.

into

I bumped into an old friend at the supermarket yesterday afternoon.

She accidentally bumped her shoulder on the corner of the wall while carrying the boxes.

Definitions

noun

A light blow or jolting collision.

His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.

The sound of such a collision.

He heard a loud bump and saw the front part of his car was broken and the driver of the other car was running to apologise.

A protuberance on a level surface.

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.

One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymic) the faculty itself

the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness

Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.

verb

To knock against or run into with a jolt.

Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.

To move up or down by a step; displace.

I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.

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.

As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "bump" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.

To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

Heat until the liquid bumps, then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.

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

Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]

intj

Posted 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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an impact (as from a collision)

blow

noun — something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from

bulge
hump
swelling
gibbosity
gibbousness
jut
prominence
protuberance

verb — knock against with force or violence

knock

verb — remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occup

dislodge

verb — come upon, as if by accident

verb — assign to a lower position

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bump into

To collide with.

He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking.

bump off

To kill, especially to murder.

"Well, he's been wrong ever since I had to bump off Tim Harrigan. Talks about a fair break. As if I had a chance to let the old man get to a gun."

bump up

To increase something suddenly.

bump and grind

A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance.

One of the oddest spectacles in America, in fact, has to be a Tom Jones audience, in which a couple of dozen women, usually attractive and well dressed, throw their panties onto th

bump in the road

A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.

"The stock market has gone down, but it's just a bump in the road," she says.

Example Bank

His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.

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He heard a loud bump and saw the front part of his car was broken and the driver of the other car was running to apologise.

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It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.

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Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.

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I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.

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As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "bump" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.

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