Bump
[bʌmp]
Definition
(noun.) a lump on the body caused by a blow.
(verb.) knock against with force or violence; 'My car bumped into the tree'.
(verb.) dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; 'bump and grind'.
Edited by Jeanne--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
(v. i.) To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
(n.) A thump; a heavy blow.
(n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
(n.) 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."
(n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
(v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
(n.) The noise made by the bittern.
Checker: Mae
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Thump, knock, blow.[2]. Swelling, protuberance.[3]. [Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind.] Faculty, power, endowment, gift.
v. a. Knock, thump, strike, hit.
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Definition
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.
Checker: Phyllis
Unserious Contents or Definition
A tough fall.
Checker: Walter
Examples
- I want to feel the bump on your head. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There was no bump, bump, bumping thud of bombs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My forehead hit something that gave me a violent bump and I felt blood on my face but I crawled on in and lay flat. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We both went flat and with the flash and bump of the burst and the smell heard the singing off of the fragments and the rattle of falling brick. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There was a sudden bump--a loud crash- -away rolled a wheel, and over went the chaise. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For a while only the continuous bump! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You get out and fall down by the road and get a bump on your head and I'll pick you up on our way back and take you to a hospital. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- What time, the mail-coach lumbered, jolted, rattled, and bumped upon its tedious way, with its three fellow-inscrutables inside. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He bent his head to kiss her and his pack rolled forward against the back of his head so that his forehead bumped hers hard. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the clatter of loose windows that made talk impossible they bumped over the disjointed cobblestones to the wharf. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Just then the firing doubled in intensity and in it was the heavy bumping of the hand grenades. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was no bump, bump, bumping thud of bombs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The bumping against the door, the laughter, the stamping, were all as vigorous as ever, and the pleasure in being outside lessened considerably. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- One seems always to be bumping one's nose against the blank wall ahead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He improved the springs of the carriages, and built buffers to prevent the bumping of the carriage ends, which had been very unpleasant for the earliest passengers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The horse broke off through the trees dragging him, bumping, face downward, and Robert Jordan stood up holding the pistol now in one hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He's getting great bumps over his eyes, and learning to ask the most unanswerable questions. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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