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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 ... 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; ... 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; ... 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

Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.

synonyms: break, demote, kick downstairs, relegate.

Dutch: degraderen

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 ... show more.

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