bump
The toddler got a small bump on his forehead after bumping into the coffee table.
Noun:
- An impact from a collision: A sudden, forceful contact or jolt, often resulting from hitting something.
- A raised, rounded swelling or lump: A protuberance on a surface, especially one on the body caused by a blow or injury.
- An uneven, raised area on a surface: A minor irregularity or bulge on an otherwise smooth plane.
Verb:
- To knock or strike against something with force: To collide with something, often with a jolt.
- To move in a jolting, uneven manner: To travel over a rough surface, causing a jerking motion.
- To displace or remove someone from a position: To force someone out of a job, place, or status.
- To encounter someone by chance: To meet someone unexpectedly.
Noun:
- She got a nasty bump on her head from the low ceiling.
- The car hit a bump in the road and jolted the passengers.
- There's a strange bump under the wallpaper.
Verb:
- I bumped my knee on the corner of the table.
- The old truck bumped along the dirt track.
- He was bumped from the flight due to overbooking.
- Guess who I bumped into at the supermarket yesterday!
"to bump into": To meet someone by chance.
- I often bump into my old teacher at the library.
"to bump off" (informal/slang): To murder someone.
- In the gangster movie, the boss ordered his rival to be bumped off.
"to bump up": To increase something, such as a price or a level.
- The company decided to bump up salaries by five percent.
"bump and grind": A style of erotic dancing involving thrusting pelvic movements.
- The nightclub featured dancers doing the bump and grind.
Bumpy (adj): Having many bumps; not smooth.
- The bumpy ride made some passengers feel sick.
Bumper (n): A horizontal bar across the front or back of a vehicle to absorb impact in a collision.
- The car's bumper was dented in the minor accident.
- Noun (impact): Jolt, collision, knock, thud.
- Noun (swelling): Lump, bulge, protuberance, knob.
- Verb (collide): Hit, strike, knock, bang.
- Verb (jolt): Bounce, jounce, jerk.
Bump along: To proceed in a slow, uneven, or unsatisfactory way.
- The project is just bumping along without any clear direction.
Bump against: To come into contact with something by hitting it lightly or repeatedly.
- The boat bumped against the dock.
Bump down: To demote or move to a lower position.
- After the mistake, he was bumped down to a junior role.
Like a bump on a log: Inactive; not participating or reacting.
- Don't just sit there like a bump on a log—come and help us!
Bump in the road: A minor problem or setback.
- Losing that client was just a bump in the road for our company.
The toddler got a small bump on his forehead after bumping into the coffee table.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- the bump threw him off the bicycle
- 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
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- She was demoted because she always speaks up
- He was broken down to Sergeant
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- bump and grind
- 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
- knock against with force or violence
- My car bumped into the tree