Definitions for bump
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bumpnoun

   a lump on the body caused by a blow

2. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencenoun

   something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

3. blow, bumpverb

   an impact (as from a collision)

   "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

4. bump, knockverb

   knock against with force or violence

   "My car bumped into the tree"

5. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

   come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

6. bumpverb

   dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

   "bump and grind"

7. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairsverb

   assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

   "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

8. dislodge, bumpverb

   remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

   "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bumpnoun

   A light blow or jolting collision.

2. bumpnoun

   The sound of such a collision.

3. bumpnoun

   A protuberance on a level surface.

4. bumpnoun

   A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

5. bumpnoun

   (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

6. bumpnoun

   The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

7. bumpnoun

   A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

8. bumpnoun

   A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.

   US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.

9. bumpnoun

   A dose of the drug ketamine, when taken recreationally.

10. bumpverb

    To knock against or run into with a jolt.

11. bumpverb

    To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

12. bumpverb

    To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

13. bumpverb

    To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

14. bumpverb

    To move the time of a scheduled event.

15. Etymology: From Early Modern English bump, probably of origin. Compare bump, bumpe, Old bumpe. Apparently related to bumben, bummen, bommen, bummen, bumba, probably of imitative origin. More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bumpnoun

   A swelling; a protuberance.

   Etymology: perhaps from bum, as being prominent.

   It had upon its brow a bump as big as a young cockrel’s stone; a perilous knock, and it cried bitterly. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Jul.

   Not though his teeth are beaten out, his eyes
   Hang by a string, in bumps his forehead rise. John Dryden, Juv.

2. To Bumpverb

   To make a loud noise, or bomb. [See Bomb.] It is applied, I think, only to the bittern.

   Etymology: from bombus, Lat.

   Then to the water’s brink she laid her head,
   And as a bittour bumps within a reed,
   To thee alone, O lake, she said ———— Dryden.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bumpverb

   to strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall

2. Bumpverb

   to come in violent contact with something; to thump

3. Bumpnoun

   a thump; a heavy blow

4. Bumpnoun

   a swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance

5. Bumpnoun

   one of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."

6. Bumpnoun

   the act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following

7. Bumpverb

   to make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom

8. Bumpnoun

   the noise made by the bittern

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bump

   bump, v.i. to make a heavy or loud noise.—v.t. to strike with a dull sound: to strike against: to overtake and impinge upon the stern or side of a boat by the boat following, the bumper consequently taking the place of the bumped in rank—also 'to make a bump:' to spread out material in printing so as to fill any desired number of pages.—n. a dull heavy blow: a thump: a lump caused by a blow, one of the protuberances on the surface of the skull confidently associated by phrenologists with certain distinct qualities or propensities of the mind, hence colloquially for organ: the noise of the bittern.—n. Bump′er, a cup or glass filled to the brim for drinking a toast: anything large or generous in measure: a crowded house at a theatre or concert.—adj. as in a 'bumper house.'—v.i. to drink bumpers.—n. Bumpol′ogy, phrenology.—adj. Bump′y. [Onomatopœic.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bump

   Synonym for increment. Has the same meaning as C's ++ operator. Used esp. of counter variables, pointers, and index dummies in for, while, and do-while loops.

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bumpverb

   To make a car with hydraulics bump. "Why you gotta pull me over... cause I'm bumpin'" -- Warren G. (I Shot The Sheriff).

2. bumpverb

   A line of cocaine or any other snortable drug.

3. bumpverb

   To have sexual intercourse: "Lemme bump it". It is used by a male that wants to have sexual intercourse with a female. It is like saying "lemme hit it" but instead of hit use bump.

4. bumpverb

   To fight, e.g. "She was runnin' her mouth so we're 'bout to bump"

5. bumpverb

   To listen to music. "What track you bumpin to?

6. bumpverb

   The bumps caused by herpes on a female's vagina. "Dat mad bitch done got bumps all ova dat pussy, mothafu**a!" - To BUMP a topic (in forum) to post in it so it will be at the top of the page

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bump in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bump in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of bump in a Sentence

1. Michael Vrionis:

   Carlos is doing fantastic and is anxious to be back on stage soon, he profoundly regrets that this ‘speed bump’ necessitated the cancellation of his upcoming performances.

2. Avery Gardiner:

   Bump stocks should not be available for sale to the general public, and they should never have been allowed to be sold. Bump stocks serve no purpose other than to create the functional equivalent of a machine gun.

3. Rick Meckler:

   The Swiss move was obviously the big move, people are trying to get their arms around what it means for the U.S. stock market, the market has taken a few-day drop and the bump in energy prices this morning is probably providing a bit of a solid bid for some of the oversold names in the energy sector. It will take some of the morning to sort out the impact of the Swiss move across the board.

4. Mike Bates:

   It's important fans understand that security this year has really been ramped up, security has always been good out here but with the increase in people we thought it was our due diligence to bump those up.

5. The IMF:

   If true, this would mean the U.S. economy could soon bump up against capacity constraints that would slow growth and generate domestic inflationary pressures with negative global spillovers.

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