bumping

/ˈbʌmpɪŋ/

noun 2adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

great, sorry, tall

VERB + BUMPING

avoided, boat-racing, field, keep, keeps, pulled, remember, started

BUMPING + NOUN

c, things, tom, walls

PREP.

about, after, along, in, into, on

ADV.

always, carefully

Definitions

adj

Rocking, excellent, great.

noun

The sound or action of a bump.

There was nothing to be seen, but he could hear loud thumpings and bumpings which seemed to come from the back of the house.

The violent boiling when a homogeneous liquid is superheated to the point that the bubbles are formed at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and be expelled from the container

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Example Bank

There was nothing to be seen, but he could hear loud thumpings and bumpings which seemed to come from the back of the house.

Wiktionary

He listened, and with respect too, to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of which Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories about boat-racing, bumping, C

Wiktionary

The car dove into the field and, after bumping along for a time, came to a halt.

Tatoeba · #329027

The robot's guidance system has gone haywire. It keeps bumping into walls.

Tatoeba · #637204

I keep bumping into you.

Tatoeba · #2546216

Tom always keeps bumping into things.

Tatoeba · #2641347

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bumping is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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