bump
verb (used with object)
to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike.
bumping
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present participleof bump.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Voters will consider a half-cent increase to the city’s retail sales tax, bumping it from 10.25 cents per dollar spent to 10.75 cents per dollar spent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
American Airlines will stop involuntarily bumping passengers as part of a broader effort to improve its consumer reputation, the Journal’s Alison Sider and Rebecca Cadenhead report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Delta has also worked to eliminate involuntary bumping and bumps virtually no passengers, according to government data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"After having lived here my whole life, it's funny walking down the streets of Belfast and bumping into people that I know wearing my full police costume," Braniff says.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She spots them—Grandpa Ed in his palm tree trunks and Dawn Celeste in an aqua one-piece, their fingers linked, their tubes bumping as they glide along the water.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
