bumpy
Americanadjective
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of uneven surface; full of bumps.
a bumpy road.
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full of jolts.
a bumpy ride.
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causing jolts.
Bumpy air shook the airplane.
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having many difficulties or failures; full of ups and downs.
He had a rather bumpy career before he settled down in his present job.
adjective
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having an uneven surface
a bumpy road
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full of jolts; rough
a bumpy flight
Other Word Forms
- bumpily adverb
- bumpiness noun
Etymology
Origin of bumpy
Example Sentences
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From the reef it would look like a beach of bumpy gray rocks.
From Literature
Beijing has found many countries willing to strike trade pacts, particularly those with an increasingly bumpy U.S. relationship, including India, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
From Barron's
Beijing has found many countries willing to strike trade pacts, particularly those with an increasingly bumpy U.S. relationship, including India, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
From Barron's
Relations between Beijing and Canberra have charted a bumpy course over the past decade, a period marked by repeated disagreements over national security and competing interests across the vast Pacific region.
From Barron's
But the road is bumpy, and several times Olsen has to get up to manually push the sled, stuck on the tundra's rocks in patches where there is no ice.
From Barron's
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