bump

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  1. transitive verb To strike or collide with.
  2. transitive verb To cause to knock against an obstacle.
  3. transitive verb To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
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  • The reason for the bump is that last year, workers were in trouble. —  news | SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com
  • The article also mentions the two will share a fist-bump, a celebratory exchange made popular during Obama's 2008 campaign. —  IGN Comics
  • This bump is attributed to their new lithium ion battery, which can store more power than the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries found in traditional Prius models. —  Gizmodo
  • I would conclude that this bump was the result of frightened and depressed right-wing viewers huddling in the warmth of the channel where they get the most comfort. —  News Corpse
  • This bump was attributed to last year's movie American Gangster with Denzel Washington, for which Crowe returned a healthy $10.80 for every dollar he was paid. —  Screen News
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

bruise ·  jolt ·  thud ·  scrape ·  lurch ·  scratch ·  creak ·  splash ·  knock ·  crack ·  lump ·  jerk

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bump:   bumps ·  bumped ·  bumping
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  1. Imitative.

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  1. First in early modern English, apparently a variant of bum, bumb, bomb; cf. the freq. bumble. Cf. Welsh bwmp, a hollow sound, a boom; hence aderyn y bwmp, the bittern (aderyn, a bird), also called bwmp y gors (cors, a bog, fen). Of imitative origin: see boom, bum, bomb, bomb, bumble, etc.
  2. from bump, v.
  3. First in early modern English; prob. developed from bump, which, as orig. imitative, is closely related to bum, boom, also strike. Cf. Old Danish bumpe, strike with the clenched fist, Danish bumpe, thump. Cf. also Welsh pwmpio, thump, bang (pwmp, a round mass, a lump), = Irish beumaim, I strike, gash, cut, = Gaelic beum, strike; Irish Gaelic beum, a stroke, blow, = Cornish bum, bom, a blow. Cf. bump, n., and bounce.
  4. from bump, v.; the sense of ‘a swelling’ is derived from that of ‘a blow.’ Cf. Danish bump, a thump, Old Danish bump, a thickset fellow, bumpet, thick, fat.
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