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bump
[buhmp]
verb (used with object)
to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike.
His car bumped a truck.
to cause to strike or collide.
He bumped the car against a tree.
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.
verb (used without object)
to come in contact or collide with (often followed by against orinto ).
She bumped into me.
to bounce along; proceed in a series of jolts.
The old car bumped down the road.
to dance by thrusting the pelvis forward abruptly, in a provocative manner, especially to the accompaniment of an accented musical beat.
to boil with violent jolts caused by the sudden eruption of large bubbles through the surface.
noun
the shock of a blow or collision.
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.
Mining., crump.
Television., bumper.
verb phrase
bump off, to kill, especially to murder.
They bumped him off because he knew too much.
bump into, to meet by chance.
I bumped into an old friend yesterday.
bump
/ bʌmp /
verb
to knock or strike with a jolt
to travel or proceed in jerks and jolts
(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) 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) to dance erotically by thrusting the pelvis forward (esp in the phrase bump and grind )
(tr) poker to raise (someone)
informal, (tr) to exclude a ticket-holding passenger from a flight as a result of overbooking
informal, (tr) to displace (someone or something) from a previously allocated position
the story was bumped from the front page
slang, to have sexual intercourse
noun
an impact; knock; jolt; collision
a dull thud or other noise from an impact or collision
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
cricket a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman
Other Word Forms
- bumpingly adverb
- unbumped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of bump1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bump1
Idioms and Phrases
- goose pimples (bumps)
- like a bump on a log
Example Sentences
“Instead it remains my central case that the “hump” will prove just a bump in the road.”
Knowing she might still get bumped, she ran Idaho’s Pocatello Marathon, but finished a few minutes slower than her spring effort.
The stock’s new, premium valuation will make any speed bumps all the more jarring.
Some analysts said Tuesday’s declines were a bump in the road for tech stocks, with investors willing to wait for companies’ AI investments to pay off.
Specifically, Gallup has found that nearly three-quarters of disengaged employees will change jobs for a 20% bump in pay.
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When To Use
Bump is an online slang term for the practice of posting filler comments to move a post to the top of a discussion thread, increasing a message or thread’s status and visibility.
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