bump

to dislodge or displace by the force of collision.

to dislodge by appropriating the privileges of: The airline bumped me from the flight.

to demote or dismiss: He was bumped from his job.

to force upward; raise: Demand from abroad bumped the price of corn.

to move to a new position: We had to bump your story to next week's paper.

Digital Technology. to move (an online post or thread) to the top of the reverse chronological list by adding a new comment or post to the thread: I bumped the question I posted last week to make it more visible.

Poker. raise (def. 24).

to dance by thrusting the pelvis forward abruptly, in a provocative manner, especially to the accompaniment of an accented musical beat.: Compare grind (def. 14).

to boil with violent jolts caused by the sudden eruption of large bubbles through the surface.

a swelling or contusion from a blow.

a small area raised above the level of the surrounding surface; protuberance: He tripped over a bump on the sidewalk.

Informal. a promotion or demotion; transfer to a higher or lower level: He got a bump to vice president of the company.

Informal. an increase in amount, especially of salary or a wager: He asked the boss for a ten-dollar bump.

Aeronautics. a rapidly rising current of air that gives an airplane a severe upward thrust.

a dance movement in which the pelvis is abruptly thrust forward in a provocative manner, especially to the accompaniment of an accented musical beat.: Compare grind (def. 20).

Mining. crump (def. 6).

Television. bumper¹ (def. 9a).

(tr) to hurt by knocking: he bumped his head on the ceiling

(tr) to knock out of place; dislodge: the crash bumped him from his chair

(tr) British to throw (a child) into the air, one other child holding each limb, and let him down again to touch the ground

(in rowing races, esp at Oxford and Cambridge) to catch up with and touch (another boat that started a fixed distance ahead)

cricket to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces high on pitching or (of a ball) to bounce high when bowled

(intr) mainly US and Canadian to dance erotically by thrusting the pelvis forward (esp in the phrase bump and grind)

(tr) poker to raise (someone)

(tr) informal to exclude a ticket-holding passenger from a flight as a result of overbooking

(tr) informal to displace (someone or something) from a previously allocated position: the story was bumped from the front page

bump uglies US slang to have sexual intercourse

the shock of a blow or collision

a lump on the body caused by a blow

a protuberance, as on a road surface

any of the natural protuberances of the human skull, said by phrenologists to indicate underlying faculties and character

a rising current of air that gives an aircraft a severe upward jolt

(plural) the act of bumping a child. See sense 5

rowing the act of bumping: See bumping race

bump ball cricket a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman