English Explanatory Dictionary

bumping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bump
adj
  1. Rocking, excellent, great.
noun
  1. The sound or action of a bump.
  2. 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
  3. Form of racing for coxed fours traditional at Oxford and Cambridge Universities; bumps race

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌmpɪŋ/

Word forms

bumping more bumping most bumping bumpings

Derived words

antibumping anti-bumping granule bumpingly bumping off donut bumping fist bumping mast bumping
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