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bump
(bŭmp)v. bumped, bump·ing, bumps
v.tr.
1. To strike or collide with: bumped the chair with a knee.
2. To cause to knock against an obstacle: bumped a knee against the chair.
3.
a. To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
b. To shake up and down; jolt: bumped the child on her knee; was bumped about on a rough flight.
4.
a. To displace from a position within a group or organization.
b. To deprive (a passenger) of reserved travel accommodations because of overbooking.
5. To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline.
6. Sports To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.
v.intr.
1. To hit or knock against something: boxes bumping against one another in a truck.
2. To proceed with jerks and jolts: bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain.
3. Sports To bump a volleyball.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1.
a. A blow, collision, or jolt.
b. The sound of something bumping: heard a loud bump in the dark.
3. A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.
4. A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
5. Sports A pass in volleyball made by redirecting the ball with the inside of the forearms, especially when extended and held together.
6. Slang
a. A small dose of an illegal drug, especially cocaine inhaled in powdered form.
b. A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.
bump into
To meet by chance: I often bump into him at the supermarket.
bump off Slang
To murder.
[Imitative.]
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bump
(bʌmp)vb
1. (when: intr, usually foll by against or into) to knock or strike with a jolt
2. (often foll by: along) to travel or proceed in jerks and jolts
3. (tr) to hurt by knocking: he bumped his head on the ceiling.
4. (tr) to knock out of place; dislodge: the crash bumped him from his chair.
5. (tr) Brit to throw (a child) into the air, one other child holding each limb, and let him or her down again to touch the ground
6. (Rowing) (in rowing races, esp at Oxford and Cambridge) to catch up with and touch (another boat that started a fixed distance ahead)
7. (Cricket) cricket to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces high on pitching or (of a ball) to bounce high when bowled
8. (Dancing) (intr) chiefly US and Canadian to dance erotically by thrusting the pelvis forward (esp in the phrase bump and grind)
9. (Card Games) (tr) poker to raise (someone)
10. (tr) informal to exclude a ticket-holding passenger from a flight as a result of overbooking
11. (tr) informal to displace (someone or something) from a previously allocated position: the story was bumped from the front page.
12. bump uglies slang US to have sexual intercourse
n
13. an impact; knock; jolt; collision
14. a dull thud or other noise from an impact or collision
15. the shock of a blow or collision
16. (Pathology) a lump on the body caused by a blow
17. a protuberance, as on a road surface
18. (Anatomy) any of the natural protuberances of the human skull, said by phrenologists to indicate underlying faculties and character
19. (Aeronautics) a rising current of air that gives an aircraft a severe upward jolt
20. (plural) the act of bumping a child. See sense 5
21. (Rowing) rowing the act of bumping. See bumping race
22. (Cricket) bump ball cricket a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman
[C16: probably of imitative origin]
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bump
(bʌmp)v.t.
1. to collide with; strike: The car bumped a truck.
2. to cause to strike or collide: He bumped the car against a tree.
3. to dislodge or displace by the force of collision.
4. Informal. to remove, dismiss, or eject: The airline bumped me from the flight.
5. Informal. to force upward; raise: Demand from abroad bumped up the price of corn.
6. Poker. raise (def. 22).
v.i. 7. to come in contact or collide with: She bumped into me.
8. to bounce along; proceed in a series of jolts: The old car bumped down the road.
9. to use pelvic bumps in erotic dancing.
10. bump into, to meet by chance.
11. bump off, Slang. to murder.
n. 12. a collision; blow.
13. a swelling from a blow.
14. a small area raised above the level of the surrounding surface; protuberance.
15. a rapidly rising current of air that gives an airplane a severe upward thrust.
16. a forward thrust of the pelvis for erotic effect.
[1560–70; imitative]
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bump
Past participle: bumped
Gerund: bumping
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| Noun | 1. |  bump - a lump on the body caused by a blow |
| 2. |  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, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, prominence frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" 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 bump on a ski slope snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something | |
| 3. | bump - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" impact - the striking of one body against another jolt, jounce, 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 bang, bash, smash, knock, belt - a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" sideswipe - a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles) | |
| Verb | 1. | bump - knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" bump into, jar against, knock against, run into, butt against - collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" |
| 2. | 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" | |
| 3. | 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" | |
| 4. | bump - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) sideline - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" | |
| 5. | bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" throw - cause to fall off; "The horse threw its inexperienced rider" displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
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bump
verb
noun
1. knock, hit, blow, shock, impact, rap, collision, thump Small children often cry after a minor bump.
2. thud, crash, knock, smash, bang, smack, thump, clump, wallop (informal), clunk, clonk I felt a little bump and knew instinctively what had happened.
bump into someone (Informal) meet, encounter, come across, run into, run across, meet up with, chance upon, happen upon, light upon I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.
bump into something crash into, knock, hit, strike, collide with, smash into, slam into, bang into They stopped moving and he almost bumped into them.
bump someone off (Slang) murder, kill, assassinate, remove, do in (slang), eliminate, take out (slang), wipe out (informal), dispatch, finish off, do away with, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), knock off (slang), liquidate, rub out (U.S. slang) They will probably bump you off anyway.
bump something up increase, raise, boost, expand, add to, heighten, enlarge, magnify, amplify, jack up, hoick The extra cost will bump up the price.
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bump
verb3. To put out by force:
Informal: chuck.
Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone the heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear.
bump into
To find or meet by chance:
chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.
Archaic: alight on (or upon).
Idiom: meet up with.
bump off
noun
1. Violent forcible contact between two or more things:
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bump
[bʌmp]A. N
1. (= blow, noise) → choque m, topetazo m; (= jolt of vehicle) → sacudida f (Aer) → rebote m; (in falling) → batacazo m
things that go bump in the night → cosas que hacen ruidos misteriosos en la noche
to come down to earth with a bump → volver a la realidad de un golpe
things that go bump in the night → cosas que hacen ruidos misteriosos en la noche
to come down to earth with a bump → volver a la realidad de un golpe
2. (= swelling) → bollo m, abolladura f; (on skin) → chichón m, hinchazón f; (on road etc) → bache m
B. VT [+ car] → chocar contra
to bump one's head → darse un golpe en la cabeza
to bump one's head on a door → dar con la cabeza contra una puerta
to bump one's head → darse un golpe en la cabeza
to bump one's head on a door → dar con la cabeza contra una puerta
C. VI to bump along (= move joltingly) → avanzar dando sacudidas
the economy continues to bump along the bottom (Brit) → la economía continúa arrastrándose por los suelos
the economy continues to bump along the bottom (Brit) → la economía continúa arrastrándose por los suelos
bump against VI + PREP → chocar contra, topetar, dar contra
bump into VI + PREP
1. [+ person, vehicle] → chocar contra, dar con or contra
bump off VT + ADV (= kill) → cargarse a
bump up VT + ADV
2. he was bumped up to first-class on his flight home → en el viaje de vuelta lo pusieron en primera clase
bump up against VI + PREP = bump into 1
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bump
(bamp) verb to knock or strike (something). She bumped into me; I bumped my head against the ceiling.dar un golpe
noun1. (the sound of) a blow or knock. We heard a loud bump.golpe
ˈbumper noun a bar on a motor vehicle to lessen damage when it collides with anything. parachoques
adjective excellent in some way, especially by being large. a bumper crop.abundante, excepcional
ˈbumpy adjective uneven. a bumpy road.accidentado
bump into to meet (someone) by accident. I bumped into him in the street. encontrar por casualidad
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bump
→ topetazo , tropezónMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bump
n. golpe, [on the head] chichón;
v. tropezar; golpearse, darse un golpe.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bump
n bulto, nódulo (form), bola, (due to trauma, esp. about the head) chichón mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.