English Explanatory Dictionary

bump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light blow or jolting collision.
  2. The sound of such a collision.
  3. A protuberance on a level surface.
  4. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
  5. 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
  6. The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
  7. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
  8. 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.
  9. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
  10. A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
  11. A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
  12. In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
verb
  1. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
  2. To move up or down by a step; displace.
  3. 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.
  4. To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
  5. To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
  6. To move the time of (a scheduled event).
  7. To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
  8. To increase (a version number).
  9. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
  10. To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
  11. To assassinate; to bump off.
  12. To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
intj
  1. 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.
noun
  1. The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
verb
  1. Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
name
  1. A surname.
intj
  1. Alternative form of bump.

Pronunciation

/bʌmp/ En-au-bump.ogg [bʌm̥p] [bɐm̥p] /bʊmp/

Word forms

bump bumps bumping bumped

Etymology

From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.

Synonyms

baby bump

Derived words

baby bump bebump birthday bump booty bump bumpage bump allocation bump allocator bump and grind bump ball bump bar bump cap bump car bumpfire bump-fire bump fire bump-in bump in the road Bumpit bumpity bumpless bumplike bump mapping bumpoff bump-off bumpology bumpometer bump-out bump-start bump stock bump-stock bumpstock bump supper bumpy chest bump Colbert bump convention bump elbow bump fistbump fist bump ghost bump goose bump headbump Jersey bump key bump lie bump like a bump on a log microbump mobile speed bump multibump necro-bump necro bump power bump prayer bump razor bump shaving bump solder bump speed bump things that go bump in the night traffic bump Trump bump

Translations

Finnish: kuhmu French: bosse Russian: шишка
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