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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Covered with or full of bumps: a bumpy country road.
  2. adj. Marked by bumps and jolts; rough: a bumpy flight.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Having or marked by bumps; having a surface marked by bumps or protuberances.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
  2. adj. covered with or full of bumps

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
  2. adj. covered with or full of bumps

Examples

  • “Baglio Segesta and Tenute Margana, Segesta You definitely need a 4x4 as your hire car to stay at this pair of agriturismos: they're a couple of miles from the nearest road up a track for which the word bumpy is totally inadequate.”

    The Guardian: A Sicilian opening in the wild west

  • “Not rutted as in bumpy, rather one long trough in which I have been comfortably ensconced.”

    change is as good as a holiday

  • “Toms was surprised by the number of putts players made because he thought the greens were bumpy from the soft conditions.”

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  • “I think we see prospects -- although we understand that we're into perhaps what some call the bumpy landing, we think we see some prospects for long-sustained growth with low rates of inflation.”

    Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry

  • “But I expect a short-term bumpy ride for Google's stock price until at least October.”

    Forbes.com: News

  • “The route was really bumpy from the Irish sea meeting the Atlantic Sea (the locals say that they don't get along well).”

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  • “We're very realistic about the short-term bumpy road ahead of us and are proactively preparing ourselves for the future.”

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  • “So the flight was nice and bumpy, which is my favorite.”

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  • “The project has been in the works for nearly two decades, and Dr. Ting and his team of collaborators from 16 countries are hoping for a smooth ascent on Friday after years of what could only be described as a bumpy ride.”

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  • “Cola brown with a tan head that is probably best described as bumpy, the beer has a sweet aroma that suggests dark fruit and sugar.”

    Boston.com Top Stories

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