[
US
/ˈbəmp/
]
[ UK /bˈʌmp/ ]
[ UK /bˈʌmp/ ]
VERB
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come upon, as if by accident; meet with
I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
We find this idea in Plato
She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day -
dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
bump and grind -
knock against with force or violence
My car bumped into the tree -
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
He was broken down to Sergeant
She was demoted because she always speaks up -
remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space
NOUN
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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 hump of a camel
the bony excrescence between its horns
the occipital protuberance was well developed
the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
he stood on the rocky prominence - a lump on the body caused by a blow
How To Use bump In A Sentence
- The double-line pull uses a snatch block (also known as a pulley block) to run the wire rope out to an anchor and then double it back to the vehicle, where the hook is attached to the frame -- not the bumper, winch, or any part of the suspension. Winching How-To: Never Get Your Truck Stuck Again
- Writers' residuals for original programming on basic cable, ranging from series such as Lifetime Television's ‘Any Day Now’ to telepics for Disney Channel, will also be bumped up.
- Assertion: Michelle Obama's affectionate fist bump with her husband as they walked offstage was a "terrorist fist jab" (in the words of Fox anchorperson E.D. Hill). Robert Koehler: The Shadow Platform
- External warts can appear as small bumps, or they may be flat, verrucous, or pedunculated.
- The countless mini-roundabouts popping up where there just simply isn't room for a roundabout is another danger, increasing the number of small shunts & bumps.
- Every jag, every bump on the wall revealed a zone of darkness that was worth to explore, but every time, in the shadows, there was just the sides of the cave, continuing.
- The sound is a direct descendant of old skool UK garage, the bumpy beats of yore with rubbery basslines and cutting edge sampling techniques, taking in everything from soul to electro to jazz to blue grass.
- And I do believe that that bumpkin 's flower was even finer than the one you lost to me, all those years ago. STARDUST
- But it could be a bumpy road to get there. Times, Sunday Times
- Nowhere is this properly explained in the bumph. Times, Sunday Times
