bumpy

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

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  • There was this big sort of bumpy-looking virus on the cover, and I just wanted to read it. —  Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine
  • Through that small puncture the surrounding world tries to penetrate your consciousness—this Metro train is really bumpy, the smell of vanilla coming from the ceiling slats really obtrusive—but you stubbornly push it away by turning up the volume of the wifis and by humming to yourself to get back into the music, I'm Through With Love . —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#216
  • Just now the air was very bumpy, and the little plane, with its terrific speed, felt as if it were being hit a succession of blows by a giant rubber maul Then, quite suddenly, the bronze man realized they were flying over Decimo Tercio's plane Tercio's ship," the bronze man said abruptly, "seems to have landed. —  083 - The Other World
  • Upon closer examination, I found that, unlike most Charmin products, it is not lumpy, bumpy, quilted, or otherwise adorned. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • The concert industry has so far bucked the recession, according to year-end data from trade magazine Pollstar, but promoters are bracing for a bumpy 2009. —  Dealbreaker
 

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/ˈbəmpi/
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