Definition of bumps Bumps
/bʌˈmps/ - [bumps] -
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What does bumps mean?
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NounPlural: bumps |
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| bump - a lump on the body caused by a blow | ||
| bump - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" | ||
| bulge, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence | ||
| projection any structure that branches out from a central support | ||
| frontal eminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit | ||
| occipital protuberance prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone | ||
| belly the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | ||
| caput a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" | ||
| mogul a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857 | ||
| nubble, nub a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" | ||
| snag a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds" | ||
| bump - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" | ||
| blow | ||
| impact the striking of one body against another | ||
| jounce, jolt, jar, shock a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" | ||
| concussion any violent blow | ||
| rap, strike, tap genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged | ||
| bash, bang, knock, smash, belt an uproarious party | ||
| buffeting, pounding repeated heavy blows | ||
| sideswipe a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles) | ||
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| bump - knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" | ||
| knock | ||
| collide with, impinge on, run into, hit, strike collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" | ||
| bump into, jar against, knock against, butt against, run into collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" | ||
| buffet, knock about, batter strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" | ||
| bump - dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind" | ||
| trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" | ||
| bump - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" | ||
| demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs | ||
| kick upstairs, elevate, promote, upgrade, advance, raise change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent | ||
| delegate, depute, designate, assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||
| bump off, off, slay, murder, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" | ||
| sideline remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" | ||
| reduce take off weight | ||
| bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" | ||
| dislodge | ||
| displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six" | ||
| bump - come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" | ||
| find, happen, chance, encounter | ||
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Wiktionary
- bump (Noun)
A light blow or jolting collision. - bump (Noun)
The sound of such a collision. - bump (Noun)
A protuberance on a level surface. - bump (Noun)
A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury. - bump (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. - bump (Noun)
The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman. - bump (Noun)
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. - bump (Noun)
A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph. - bump (Noun)
A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally. - bump (Noun)
The noise made by the bittern; a boom. - bump (Verb)
To knock against or run into with a jolt. - bump (Verb)
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. - bump (Verb)
To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid. - bump (Verb)
To move a booked passenger to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations. - bump (Verb)
To move the time of a scheduled event.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bump (v. t.)
To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall. - bump (v. i.)
To come in violent contact with something; to thump. - bump (n.)
A thump; a heavy blow. - bump (n.)
A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance. - bump (n.)
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." - bump (n.)
The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. - bump (v. i.)
To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom. - bump (n.)
The noise made by the bittern.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bump
To impact with another object, resulting in a change of direction and/or velocity of one or both objects. -
bump
A local swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury. -
bump
To encounter something by accident or after searching for it. -
bump
A hard and loud hit received by someone when falling.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bump
bump, v.i. to make a heavy or loud noise.—v.t. to strike with a dull sound: to strike against: to overtake and impinge upon the stern or side of a boat by the boat following, the bumper consequently taking the place of the bumped in rank—also 'to make a bump:' to spread out material in printing so as to fill any desired number of pages.—n. a dull heavy blow: a thump: a lump caused by a blow, one of the protuberances on the surface of the skull confidently associated by phrenologists with certain distinct qualities or propensities of the mind, hence colloquially for organ: the noise of the bittern.—n. Bump′er, a cup or glass filled to the brim for drinking a toast: anything large or generous in measure: a crowded house at a theatre or concert.—adj. as in a 'bumper house.'—v.i. to drink bumpers.—n. Bumpol′ogy, phrenology.—adj. Bump′y. [Onomatopœic.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bump
To bump a boat, is to pull astern of her in another, and insultingly or inimically give her the stem; a practice in rivers and narrow channels.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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bump
A tough fall.
