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bumps, 3rd person singular present; bumped, past participle; bumping, present participle; bumped, past tense;
  1. Knock or run into someone or something, typically with a jolt
    • - I almost bumped into him
    • - she bumped the girl with her hip
  2. Meet by chance
    • - we might just bump into each other
  3. Hurt or damage (something) by striking or knocking it against something else
    • - she bumped her head on the sink
  4. Cause to collide with something
    • - she went through the door, bumping the bag against it
  5. Move or travel with much jolting and jarring
    • - the car bumped along the rutted track
  6. Push (something) jerkily in a specified direction
    • - she had to bump the wheelchair down the steps
  7. Refuse (a passenger) a reserved place on an airline flight, typically because of deliberate overbooking

  8. Cause to move from a job or position, typically in favor of someone else; displace
    • - she was bumped for a youthful model
  1. (bump) a lump on the body caused by a blow
  2. (bump) knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"
  3. (bump) bulge: 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"
  4. (bump) find: 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"
  5. (bump) blow: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
  6. (bump) dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"
  7. (Bump!) Bump! is a Canadian gay and lesbian travel and lifestyle television series. Currently, Bump! is hosted by Shannon McDonough and Charlie David; David joined as host with the start of Season 2. ...
  8. (Bump+) Bump The Show (BUMP+) is an interactive web series launched in January 2010 from Yellow Line Studios. The show uses a 'reality' format and follows the stories of three women facing unintended pregnancies.
  9. (Bump (album)) Bump is an experimental Jazz fusion album by John Scofield. It was released on March 14, 2000 by Verve Records. The album was produced by Lee Townsend and recorded & mixed by Joe Ferla and Kevin Killen, executive producer was Susan Scofield.
  10. (Bump (application)) Bump is an application created by Bump Technologies for the Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems. It allows two smartphone users to bump their phones together to exchange contact information, photos, and other objects between phones. ...
  11. (BUMP (comics)) BUMP is a 2007-2008 comic book limited series written and illustrated by Mark Kidwell with colors and letters by Jay Fotos.
  12. (Bump (dance)) The bump was a primarily 1970s fad dance first introduced by Johnny Spruce wherein the main move of the dance is to lightly "bump" hips on every other main beat of the music. ...
  13. (bumpingly) In a bumping way; with bumps or jolts
  14. (bump) A light blow or jolting collision; The sound of such a collision; A protuberance on a level surface; A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury; The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead; The swollen ...
  15. (BUMP) a common term for forearm passing.
  16. (Bump) In shock absorbers, a bump adjustment is a change to the dampening of the shock on the compression stroke. As a car passes over a bump on the track, each wheel assembly rises up to pass over it. ...
  17. (Bump) The best way to get your human's attention when they are drinking a fresh cup of coffee or tea.
  18. (bump) a fall or hit done as a spot (see spot) which takes the wrestler (or other participant, i.e. referee, manager) out of the ring or out of action.
  19. (bump) when a player directs his pony into the side of an opponent's pony.
  20. “The Bump” A small red or white bump next to one of the holes of a body piercing. Typically nostril and nipple piercings.
  21. (Bump) The reception of a wrestling move, usually one in which the wrestler is thrown or becomes airborne in some other way. If a wrestler falls off, gets pushed off, or gets thrown off the ring apron and lands on the ground, he just took a bump.
  22. (Bump) A troublesome element in a script that negatively deflects the reader's attention away from the story.
  23. Dancers bump hips to the side or the buttocks of their partners
  24. (bump) This means to raise the stake.
  25. (bump) To raise. I raised $5, and Joe bumped it to $20.