Bumping can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| bump - knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" | ||
| bump - dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind" | ||
| bump - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" | ||
| bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" | ||
| 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" |
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| 1. | verb | It is reasonable to credit his statement that he got the lesion after bumping into a suitcase he was carrying at a camp in Afghanistan. | |
| 2. | verb | The car dove into the field and, after bumping along for a time, came to a halt. | |
| 3. | verb | The robot's guidance system has gone haywire. It keeps bumping into walls. | |
| 4. | verb | It was difficult for a girl with her face and figure to make it across the dance floor without bumping, by only the purest of accidents, into one roué or another. | |
| 5. | verb | I keep bumping into you. | |
| 6. | verb | Tom always keeps bumping into things. | |
| 7. | verb | "It must be great to be tall." "Do you think so? It's not really that great. You keep bumping your head on the ceiling." | |
| 8. | verb | I keep bumping into things. | |
| 9. | verb | I'm sorry for bumping into you. | |
| 10. | verb | Sami and Layla started bumping heads. | |
| 11. | verb | "I'm jealous of your height." "Really? There's nothing good about being tall. You're always bumping your head on the ceiling." | |
| 12. | verb | Bump and grind. | |
| 13. | verb | We tried again to bump off the politician, but couldn't do it. | |
| 14. | verb | I bump into her. | |
| 15. | verb | He went bump down the stairs. | |
| 16. | noun | The bump threw him off the bicycle. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| It is reasonable to credit his statement that he got the lesion after bumping into a suitcase he was carrying at a camp in Afghanistan. |
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| The car dove into the field and, after bumping along for a time, came to a halt. | |
| The robot's guidance system has gone haywire. It keeps bumping into walls. | |
| It was difficult for a girl with her face and figure to make it across the dance floor without bumping, by only the purest of accidents, into one roué or another. | |
| I keep bumping into you. | |
| Tom always keeps bumping into things. | |
| "It must be great to be tall." "Do you think so? It's not really that great. You keep bumping your head on the ceiling." | |
| I keep bumping into things. | |
| I'm sorry for bumping into you. | |
| Sami and Layla started bumping heads. | |
| "I'm jealous of your height." "Really? There's nothing good about being tall. You're always bumping your head on the ceiling." | |
| Bump and grind. |
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| We tried again to bump off the politician, but couldn't do it. | |
| I bump into her. | |
| He went bump down the stairs. | |
| noun | |
| The bump threw him off the bicycle. |
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