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Bump

noun
1.
A lump on the body caused by a blow.
2.
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.  Synonyms: bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling.  "The hump of a camel" , "He stood on the rocky prominence" , "The occipital protuberance was well developed" , "The bony excrescence between its horns"
3.
An impact (as from a collision).  Synonym: blow.
verb
(past & past part. bumped; pres. part. bumping)
1.
Knock against with force or violence.  Synonym: knock.
2.
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with.  Synonyms: chance, encounter, find, happen.  "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here" , "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
3.
Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward.
4.
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.  Synonyms: break, demote, kick downstairs, relegate.  "He was broken down to Sergeant"  Antonym: promote.
5.
Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.  Synonym: dislodge.



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"Bump" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Swede got in the way when I tried to bump Brit off. I'd have gone into the canyon and finished him with a rock, but they beat me to it. The girl herself I couldn't get at very well and make it look accidental—and anyway, I never did kill a ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower
... not. Some ancestor of yours gave you a big bump of stubbornness—for which you should look back to him with gratitude. Stubborn people aren't easily put out of the race. Now I'll tell you why I wanted you to come down here," he went on, more seriously. "I want you to see ...
— The Glory Of The Conquered • Susan Glaspell
... before his idol, but heard the dull, leaden sound of the contact, and fully expected to see the treasures of the poor man's cranium scattered about the deck. However, as there was no harm done, except a large bump on the head, and probably a corresponding dent in the bridge, the rest of us exchanged glances and laughed quietly. O, bow pitiless ...
— Sketches From Memory (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... and it was two hours later when I suddenly heard an oily voice saying: "Why, it's half past nine,—James, you're not going to read all night, are you?" Then I came back to Rogers's Island with a bump, and saw the obnoxious face of Mr. Snider looking down at me. The Professor had left the room, though I had not noticed when ...
— The Voyage of the Hoppergrass • Edmund Lester Pearson
... was not far short of thirty feet, and he brought up with a bump which left him not breath enough to squeal. The ground was soft, however, with undergrowth and debris, and he had no bones broken. In a couple of minutes he was busy licking himself all over to make sure he was undamaged. Reassured on this point, he ...
— Children of the Wild • Charles G. D. Roberts


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