bump as a noun: - 1
- 2
- 3
as a verb: - 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
bump
noun
1 bump
A lump on the body caused by a blow.
Dutch: bult, botsing
Polish: obicie
2 bump
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
synonyms: bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling ... show more.
Roget 250:
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion;
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence;
tumour [Brit.],
tumor;
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.];
excrescence;
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble;
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump;
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
bow;
mamelon†;
molar;
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.];
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang];
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain†;
boil
etc.
(disease)
655;
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves;
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo;
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo;
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206;
cape,
promontory,
mull;
forehead,
foreland†;
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur;
naze†,
ness.
... show more
Dutch: bult, extrusie, buik, hobbel
3 bump
An impact (as from a collision):
— The bump threw him off the bicycle.
synonym: blow.
Roget 276:
impulse,
impulsion,
impetus;
momentum;
push,
pulsion†,
thrust,
shove,
jog,
jolt,
brunt,
booming,
boost [U.S.],
throw;
explosion
etc.
(violence)
173;
propulsion
etc.
284.
percussion,
concussion,
collision,
occursion†,
clash,
encounter,
cannon,
carambole†,
appulse†,
shock,
crash,
bump;
impact;
elan;
charge
etc.
(attack)
716;
beating
etc.
(punishment)
972.
blow,
dint,
stroke,
knock,
tap,
rap,
slap,
smack,
pat,
dab;
fillip;
slam,
bang;
hit,
whack,
thwack;
cuff
etc.
972;
squash,
dowse,
swap,
whap†,
punch,
thump,
pelt,
kick,
punce†,
calcitration†;
ruade†;
arietation†;
cut,
thrust,
lunge,
yerk†;
carom,
carrom†,
clip [Slang],
jab,
plug [Slang],
sidewinder [U.S.],
sidewipe†,
sideswipe [U.S.].
hammer,
sledge hammer,
mall,
maul,
mallet,
flail;
ram,
rammer†;
battering ram,
monkey,
pile-driving engine,
punch,
bat;
cant hook;
cudgel
etc.
(weapon)
727;
ax
etc.
(sharp)
253.
[Science of mechanical forces]
dynamics;
seismometer,
accelerometer,
earthquake detector.
... show more
verb
1 bump
Knock against with force or violence:
— My car bumped into the tree.
synonym: knock.
2 bump
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with.
synonyms: chance, encounter, find, happen.
Dutch: treffen, confronteren, ontmoeten, vinden
3 bump
Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward.
Dutch: hobbelen
4 bump
5 bump
Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.
synonym: dislodge.
Dutch: hobbelen
Moby thesaurus: CAT, abase, abasement, ability, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, appulse, aptness, assassinate, assault, bang, bang into, bear, bear upon, bearing, bent, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, blow, bob, bobble, boil, boost, boot, boss, bounce, bow, break, brunt, bubble, buck, buffet, bulb, bulge, bull, bulla, bulldoze, bulldozing, bulling, bump against, bump into, bump off, bunch, bunion, bunt, burl, burst, bust, butt, butt against, button, cahot, caliber, can, cannon, capability, capacity, carambole, carbuncle, carom, carom into, cashier, casting down, ceiling, chance, chatter, chine, chink, chuckhole, clap, clash, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, collide, collision, colophon, come across, come into collision, concavity, concuss, concussion, condyle, confront each other, convex, convexity, corn, crack, crack up, crack-up, cram, crash, crash into, crosswind, crowd, crump, crunch, cyst, dactylogram, dactylograph, dash into, debase, debasement, defrock, degradation, degrade, degrading, dement, demote, demotion, dent, deplume, depluming, depose, deprive, destroy, didder, dig, dilatation, dilation, dint, disbar, discharge, disemploy, disgrade, disgrading, dismiss, dispatch, displace, displume, displuming, distension, dither, do away with, do in, dowel, dower, downgrade, downgrading, dowry, drive, drum out, dull thud, ear, edema, elbow, eliminate, embossment, empty space, encounter, endowment, equipment, excrescence, execute, expel, faculty, fall foul of, falter, favorable wind, fingerprint, fire, flair, flange, flap, flick, flop, flump, fog, footmark, footprint, footstep, force, forte, fossil footprint, foul, front, furlough, furuncle, gall, genius, gift, give the ax, give the gate, gnarl, goad, grimace, hammering, handle, have an ague, head, head wind, high-pressure area, hill, hit, hit against, hole, humble, humbling, hump, hunch, hurt, hurtle, hustle, ice, ichnite, ichnolite, impact, impinge, impingement, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, instinct, intumescence, ionosphere, jab, jactitate, jam, jar, jerk, jetstream, jig, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, kick, kick upstairs, kill, knack, knob, knock, knock against, knot, knur, knurl, lay off, let go, let out, light, lip, liquidate, long suit, loop, low-pressure area, lower, luck, lump, make redundant, makings, mauling, meet, meeting, metier, mole, mountain, mudhole, murder, natural endowment, natural gift, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, nudge, onslaught, overcast, pad, papilloma, parts, pat, patter, paw print, pawmark, peg, pension off, percuss, percussion, pile drive, pimple, pitapat, pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pock, pocket, poke, pop, potential, pothole, power, powers, press, pressure, print, prod, protuberance, pug, pugmark, punch, push, pustule, put away, quake, qualification, quaver, quiver, ram, ram down, ramming, rap, rattle, read out of, reduce, reduction, release, remove, replace, report, retire, rib, rictus, ridge, ring, rising, roughness, rub out, run, run across, run against, run into, rut, sack, seal, sebaceous cyst, separate forcibly, shake, shiver, shock, shoulder, shove, shudder, sideswipe, sigil, signet, slam, slam into, slap, slat, sledgehammering, smack, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, smash-up, smashing, soup, space, speciality, spine, splat, stamp, step, stratosphere, stress, strike, strike against, strip, strip of rank, stripping of rank, strong flair, strong point, stud, stumble, style, substratosphere, superannuate, surplus, suspend, swap, swell, swelling, swollenness, tab, tail wind, talent, talents, tamp, tap, the goods, the stuff, thrust, thrusting, thud, thumbmark, thumbprint, thump, thwack, tic, tick, tinkle, tremble, tremor, tropopause, troposphere, trough, tubercle, tubercule, tumble, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumor, tunk, turbulence, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turn, turn off, turn out, twitch, twitter, unfrock, verruca, vesicle, vestige, vibrate, visibility, visibility zero, wale, wallop, wart, waste, welt, wen, whack, wham, whap, what it takes, whomp, whop, wipe out, wobble ... show more.
debug info: 0.0536