Bump

Definition: Bump

Bump

Noun

1. A lump on the body caused by a blow.

2. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.

3. An impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle".

Verb

1. Knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree".

2. Come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day".

3. Dance erotically, as in "bump and grind": dance with the pelvis thrust forward.

4. Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up".

5. Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bump" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references)

Computing

19th Century Satire

Mining

Public Administration

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Bump

Convexity

Tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf; (sharpness); bow; mamelon; molar; belly, corporation, pot belly, gut; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange.

Impulse

Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.

Percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge; (attack); beating; (punishment).

Crosswords: Bump

Yeah, and if a frog had wings it wouldn't bump its ass when it hopped (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

You probably went over a bump or something (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

We got a bump coming up. (The Bourne Identity; writing credit: Tony Gilroy)

People don't just bump into each other and have sex. This isn't Cinemax (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

They bump you, and when you stop, they mutilate you. (Flirting with Disaster; writing credit: David O. Russell)

Bump like Acne, no doubt (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

And we can bump all night till we reach a climax (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat)

You gotta let it bump (Anything; performing artist: Jay-Z)

Just for a minute, let's all do the bump ("U Can't Touch This"; performing artist: M.C. Hammer)

Not just where you bump and grind it (Vogue; performing artist: Madonna)

Don't drink and drive. You might hit a bump and spill your drink. (references; author: unknown)

Life is a roller coaster. You can either scream every time you hit a bump, or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy it. (references; author: unknown)

Roogie's Bump (1954)

The Chump Takes a Bump (1939)

Things That Go Bump (1999)

Bump in the Night (1994)

Christine Cromwell: Things That Go Bump in the Night (1989)

Bump N' Grind (performing artist: R. Kelly)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bump and Run (reference)

• Campfire Stories: Things That Go Bump in the Night (Campfire Storytelling Series, V. 1) (reference)

• Dear Echo: Answers to Your Questions About Ghosts, Hauntings and Things That Go Bump in the Night (reference)

• Girl Show: Into the Canvas World of Bump and Grind (reference)

• Mr. Bump (Mr. Men and Little Miss) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Hunger - Bump in the Night (reference)

• Wendy O. Williams - Bump 'n' Grind (reference)

• Bump in the Night - Monsters on a Mission (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fright Night: Music that Goes Bump in the Night (reference)

• Bump City (reference)

• Bump N' Grind [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Bump 'n' Jump (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Black & Decker ST4000 12" Bump Feed String Trimmer/Edger (reference)

• Ryobi 181468 Speed Spool Bump Knob Assembly (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Bless Me What a Bump!!! / [George Cruikshank]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Calves' Heads and Brains; or a, Phrenological Lecture. / J. Lump delt. L. Bump sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Sometimes you have to be extra careful not to bump your belly because your spleen is fragile. (references)

The first symptom is usually a small painless bump resembling an insect bite. It can be red, pink, or purple in color. (references)

If the memory cells ever bump into the disease again, they know to call in other cells in the immune system to protect the body and get rid of the disease. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "bump": air bump ♦ bump about ♦ bump against ♦ bump along ♦ bump along over potholes ♦ bump around ♦ bump artist ♦ bump contacts ♦ bump down ♦ bump into ♦ bump into each other ♦ bump into one another ♦ bump of genius ♦ bump off ♦ bump one's head ♦ bump oneself ♦ bump pass ♦ bump round ♦ bump up ♦ bump up against ♦ forearm bump pass ♦ goose bump ♦ procedural bump map ♦ roller bump ♦ speed bump. Additional references.

Beginning with "bump": bump-and-grind, bump-free, bump-readers, bump-start, bump-up.

Ending with "bump": age-bump, b-bump, G-bump, speed-bump.

Albanian

xhungë (boss, bulge, excrescence, gall, gallnut, glandule, hump, hunch, knob, knur, knurr, lump, node, nub, overgrowth, protuberance, swelling, tuber, tubercle), shembje (cave in, collapse, contusion, crash, demolition), përplasje (bang, clap, clash, collision, crash, encounter, flap, fling, impact, slam), përplasem (bump into, cannon, cannon into, clash, collide, crash, dash, foul, hurtle, jar, pound, run into, splash, wash), ndesh (attend, bang against, barge, come across, come round, cross, encounter, fall in with, fall over, fight, forgather, greet, happen on, hit, light, meet, run into), me zhurmë (heavily, loudly), lëviz me hope (jerk), lëkundje toke, gungë (boss, gibbosity, hummock, hump, hunch, knob, knot, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nub, overgrowth, promontory, protuberance, swell, swelling, tuber, tubercle, tumefaction), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), godit (bash, beat, biff, buffet, butt, clip, clout, conk, deal, defeat, hit, impinge, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, slam, smite, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack), godas (affect, astonish smb., bash, beat, biff, buffet, butt, clip, clout, conk, defeat, drop, hit, impinge, knock, pound, smite, stab, strike, whack). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كدمة (black and blue, black eye, bruise, contusion), ‏نتوء (bulge, bunch, cusp, facet, jut, knob, ledge, lump, nub, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, salience, salient, shell, snag, spur, stick, stick up), ‏ورم (bulge, growth, lump, neoplasm, node, swell, swelling, tumefaction, tumid, tumor, tumour), ‏ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), ‏صرع (bring down, cut down, floor, knock down, pick off, poleaxe, strike, stun), ‏صدم (be shocked, hit, offend, percuss, ram, shock, strike, stub), ‏إرتطم (barge into, hit, impinge, lap, stub), ‏أزاح (dislodge, displace, draw, poke, supplant, unsettle), ‏رج (concuss, rattle, shake), ‏دقدق. (various references)

Bulgarian 

удрям се (collide, hit, impinge, jar, stump), способност (ability, aptness, capability, capacity, competence, competency, efficiency, faculty, fitness, flair, notion, power, quality, sufficiency, turn), разтърсване (concussion, jounce, rouse, shake, shock, turn), въздушна яма (air hole, air pocket, pocket), вик на водния бик, неравност (accident, asperity, inequality, irregularity, rough, roughness, unevenness), правя да експлодира (send up), подутина (gibbosity, lump, promontory, protuberance, swell, swelling, tumefaction), друсане (bumpy ride, jerk, joggle, jolt, jolting, jumble, rumble-tumble, shaking), друсам се (buck), друс. (various references)

Chinese 

爆沸. (various references)

Czech

boule (bulge, knob, lump), znenadání (out of the blue, unawares), vzdušná jáma, vypuklina (bulge), výmol (hole, pot hole, pothole), uhodit do, plácnutí (flap, smack, spank), nerovnost (disparity, inequality, odds, roughness, unevenness), narazit (broach, crack, stave in), náraz (blast, hit, impact, incidence, percussion, pull, rush, stroke), náhle (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, on a sudden, short, slap, suddenly, unawares), úder (beat, blow, buffet, chop, coup, dash, hit, percussion, push, rap, shock, stroke, swipe, thrust), žuchnutí (thud, thump). (various references)

Danish

pukkel (hump). (various references)

Dutch

bult (hump), bochel (hump). (various references)

Esperanto

malebenaĵo, ĝibo (hump). (various references)

Faeroese

kúla (ball, ball-bearing, bullet, globe, hump). (various references)

Farsi 

تکان ناگهانی , ضربت حاصله دراثرتکان سخت , ضربت (Bat, Bob, Buff, Buffet, Contusion, Coup, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jar, Jolt, Jow, Knock, Percussion, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Slap, Stroke, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), دست اندازجاده , برامدگی (Bulge, Burr, Ganglion, Knob, Ledge, Mound, Nook, Nub, Outgrwth, Overhang, Projection, Ridge, Stigma, Tumor). (various references)

Finnish

törmäys (collision, crash), törmätä (collide, collision, crash), töniä (jostle), tönäistä (jostle), kyttyrä (hump, hunch), kuhmu (lump), kolahtaa, jysähtää (fall down with a thud, thump), iskeä (deliver a blow, hit, hit hard, knock, pick up, strike), ajaa täryyttää. (various references)

French

bosse (bunch). (various references)

Frisian

buchel (hump). (various references)

German

plumps (bang, crash, flop, plop, thud, tumble), stoßen (abut, buffet, bumps, Bury, butt, dig, hustle, impinge, jab, jerk, jog, kick, knock, nudge, plunge, poke, pond, prod, punch, punt, push, push across, push out, push over, put, ram, shag, shoulder, shove, stricken, stub, thrust, to bump, to hustle, to knock (at)), höcker (hump, humps, hunch, knob), beule (boil, buckle, bulge, Dent, dint, indent, indentation, lump), Bö (blast, gust, squall). (various references)

Greek 

κραδασμός (shock, vibration). (various references)

Hebrew 

מכשול ל�"אטת מ�"ירות (judder bar), מכ�" (blow, cut, defeat, hit, knock, plague, smash, striking, stroke, swat), חתחת (obstacle), חבור�" (boil, bruise, wound), �'בשושית (knob, molehill, mound, nub). (various references)

Hungarian

daganat (bulge, fester, knob, lump, new growth, swelling, tumefaction, tumid, tumor, tumour, ulcer). (various references)

Indonesian

bonggol (tuber, tubercle, tuberosity, wen), benjolan (lump), bengol, mengantukkan, mengadu (contest, pit). (various references)

Irish

uchtóg. (various references)

Italian

battuta (bar, bat, beat, blow, gag, knock, punch, Sally, serve, service, stroke, wham), bernoccolo (knob), bozza (ashlar, draft, proof), cunetta (drain, drainage channel, grip, gutter, lined canal, lined ditch, lined trench), ammaccatura (bruise, Dent, dint, lump, protuberance), asperit� (abruptness, asperity, gruffness, roughness, rub, unevenness), caduta dello stampo, collisione (clash, collision, crash, impact, interference, shock), colpire (affect, bang, beat, buffet, catch, clout, damage, dazzle, hit, jab, knock, Lam, pelt, poke, pound, punch, rap, run across, shock, shoot, slap, smite, sock, spear, strike, strike down, swat, swipe, thwack), accidentalit� (fortuitousness, haphazardness), cozzare (bang against, butt, clash, collide, crash into, dash, ram), urto (clash, collision, crash, dash, dig, hit, impact, jar, knock, push, shake, shock, shove), gobba (Crookback, gibbosity, hump, humpback, hunch, hunchback, protuberance), licenziare (abrogate, bounce, cashier, deny, discharge, dismiss, furlough, give notice, refuse, sack, shed), prendere il posto di, protuberanza (boss, bulge, hump, hunch, knob, lump, outgrowth, protrusion, protuberance), sbalzo di pressione, sobbalzo (jerk, jolt, jump, start), toccare con la prua, urtare (annoy, buffet, butt, clash, irritate, knock, poke, push, shock, strike, thrust), urtare contro qd, colpo (bang, beat, blow, bout, buffet, chop, clap, clout, dab, dash, fit, flap, flick, hit, hitch, hoot, jab, knock, pelt, punch, punishment, putt, rap, shock, shot, slam, slap, sock, splash, stamp, sting, strike, stroke, thump, thwack, whack). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

瘤 (lump, protuberance, swelling), たらし込む (all the same, drop-by-drop, even so, lump, nevertheless, protuberance, so, swelling, tending to be, therefore, to cajole, to deceive, to seduce, wanting to be), バンタ� 級 (Bambi, bamboo, band, band collar, bandana, band-man, bandoneon, band-score, bandwagon, bantam-weight, bumper, bundle, bunt, bunt and run, vampire, vandalism, vin rose). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

た�"�"ぶ (lump, protuberance, swelling), バンプ , �"ぶ (devil's apron, encouragement, inspiration, kelp, lump, protuberance, sea tang, swelling). (various references)

Korean 

융기. (various references)

Manx

tomman (hummock, rise, tomb), labb (bash, blow, clout, cuff, thump), donkey (thump), donkal (thump), donk (thump), builley (bash, beat, beat as pulse, cadence, cadence of voice, cast, choosing, clap, fervour, fit, frenzy, hit, impact, knock, madness, pulsate, pulsation, punch, slam, slap, strike, stroke, sweep, thump, toot, toot on horn, whack), att (distention, enlarge, enlargement, heart, inflate, protrusion, rise, surge, swell). (various references)

Pig Latin

umpbay.(various references)

Portuguese

colisão (conflict, crash, dash, shock, smash). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

alto (stop). (various references)

Romanian

zdup (bang, flop, jug, limbo, Nick, quod, smash, thud, thump), teren accidentat (rough), se ciocni (collide, conflict, dash against, encounter, fall foul of, foul, go foul of, hit, impinge, jar, knock, meet, run foul of, strike, telescope), omorî (annihilate, assassinate, bring down, butcher, croak, destroy, dispatch, do for, do in, execute, exhaust, finish, kill, knock off, make an end of, make away with, murder, put smb. on the spot, put to death, send to glory, shift, slaughter, slay, spoil, torment, torture), loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drive, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, jar, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, Pat, put, reach, seize, shock, slam, slap, smite, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), izbiturã (bang, blow, bounce, concussion, dash, hit, jolt, knock, stroke), izbi de, hurduca (hitch, jolt), dans modern, cucui (boss, lump, Wen), ciocnire (affair, clash, click, collision, concussion, conflict, contradiction, dash, encounter, foul, hit, impact, jar, jostle, passage, shock), ciocni (break, clash, clink, hob-nob, strike), ajunge (accede, accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, become, come, do, end up, gain, get, hit, land, manage, overtake, reach, secure, suffice, that will do, touch). (various references)

Russian 

стукнуться, стукнуть (knock), ухаб, ушибиться, ушибить (contuse, injure), угодить (fall, get, hit), ударять удар (bang), удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), шишка (big fish, big noise, big shot, biggie, boss, cone, core, excrescence, knar, knob, nub), крик выпи, выгнутое место, выпуклость (bulge, camber, convex, convexity, crowning, gibbosity, knob, protuberance, proturberance, salience, saliency, swell, swelling), воздушная яма (air hole, air pocket, air-hole, airline pocket, hole, pocket), вдруг (all at once, all of a sudden, at once, out of the blue, suddenly), опухоль (glandule, lump, neoplasm, new growth, protuberance, swell, swelling, tumescence, tumor, tumour). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, poke, punch, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), odjednom, lupiti (bang, hit, rap, smite), iznenada (abruptly, all of a sudden, blue: out of the blue, short, suddenly, surprise: by surprise, unawares), ispupčenje (boss, bulge, promontory, protuberance), drndati se, džomba, čvoruga (knurl, snag). (various references)

Spanish

chichón (swelling), bache (air hole, air pocket, cave, cavity, depression, hole, pocket, pole, pothole, pot-hole, rut). (various references)

Swedish

törn (blow, push, watch), stöta (barge, bruise, butt, dig, hurt, hurtle, hustle, impact, impinge, jab, knock, offend, outrage, pestle, pound, push, put, shove, stab, strike, thrust), stöt (blast, concussion, dig, hit, impact, impingement, impulse, jab, jar, jerk, job, jog, jolt, jostle, knock, pass, percussion, prod, push, shock, shove, thrust, thump), knöl (bounder, cad, cad (person), dog, knob, knot, lout, mucker, rotter, sod, tuber), duns (clonk, flop, plop, plunk, thud, thump). (various references)

Thai

ชน (hit, on), กระทบ. (various references)

Turkish

bindirmek (clash, crash into, embark, foul, Mount, overlay, pile up), yumru (concretion, cupola, excrescence, gallnut, knob, knot, knurl, lump, node, nodule, nub, nubble, protuberance, swelling, torus, tuber, tuberose, tuberosity, tuberous, wart), uçağın düzensiz devinimi, toslamak (bang into, barge, bump into, butt, horn, ram), tümsek (Barrow, bulge, gibbous, hillock, hummock, hump, mound, prominence, protuberance, protuberant, rise, swell), sarsıntı (concussion, convulsion, jerk, joggle, jolt, jounce, quake, shake, shock, trauma, tremor), küt (bang, plump, pop, thud), darbe (bash, beat, biff, blow, brunt, chop, clip, clout, concussion, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, crusher, cut, dash, facer, finisher, hack, hit, ictus, impact, jolt, kayo, knock, pound, putsch, shock, smasher, stroke, thwack, whack, whammy), çarpmak (bang, bang into, barge, bash, bump into, cannon, clap, clash, collide, crash, crash into, dash, foul, greet, hit, hurtle, impinge, kayo, knock, knock out, knock over, lash, mulct, multiply, plant, plonk, plonk down, plunk, pound, pulsate, pulse, ram, reach, run, run against, slam, slap, smash, smite upon, spring, strike, strike against, throb), çarpma (beat, blip, brunt, impact, jolt, lash, multiplication, percussion, stroke), çarpışmak (cannon, clash, collide, combat, come into collision, do battle, encounter, knock together, skirmish), çarpışma (action, clash, collision, combat, conflict, encounter, engagement, foul, impact, rencontre, scrimmage, scrum, scrummage, set to, skirmish, smash, smash up). (various references)

Turkmen 

pakgarзak (blister). (various references)

Ukrainian

сутичка (affair, affront, bustle, clash, collision, conflict, encounter, fight, fighting, fray, impingement, jostle, mix in, rencontre, rencounter, scramble, scrimmage, scrummage, shock, skirmish, tilt), ударяти (beat, bunt, bust, dab, hit, knock, smite, strike), ударитися, гуля (knurl, puff), налітати (swoop), здібність (ability, aptitude, aptness, brightness, capability, cleverness, faculty, felicity, talent, turn, verve). (various references)

Vietnamese 

va đánh rầm một cái đột nhiên, tiếng vạc kêu, t� i năng (making, power, talent), sự va mạnh, sự đụng mạnh, năng lực (ability, calibre, competence, depth, quality), cú va mạnh, cú đụng mạnh chỗ sưng bướu. (various references)

gibba, tuber. (various references)

hump. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bump": bumped, bumper, bumpered, bumpering, bumpers, bumph, bumphs, bumpier, bumpiest, bumpily, bumpiness, bumpinesses, bumping, bumpkin, bumpkinish, bumpkinly, bumpkins, bumps, bumptious, bumptiously, bumptiousness, bumptiousnesses, bumpy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bump" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bamp, bbm, bcm, bgm, bimp, bipm, buim, bumb, bume, bumf, bumpf, bumph, Bumpo, Bumppo, bumpv, bumt, Bup, buum, bwmp, fump, Kump. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bum, pub, ump.

-2 letters: mu, um, up.

+1 letter: bumph, bumps, bumpy, plumb.

+2 letters: bumped, bumper, bumphs, pablum, plumbs.

+3 letters: bethump, bumpers, bumpier, bumpily, bumping, bumpkin, pablums, pabulum, plumbed, plumber, plumbic, plumbum, replumb, upclimb.

+4 letters: bethumps, bumpered, bumpiest, bumpkins, humpback, pabulums, penumbra, plumbago, plumbers, plumbery, plumbing, plumbism, plumbous, plumbums, replumbs, upclimbs.

+5 letters: bethumped, bumpering, bumpiness, bumpkinly, bumptious, humpbacks, imputable, penumbrae, penumbral, penumbras, plumbagos, plumbings, plumbisms, prenumber, replumbed, subphylum, subsample, superbomb, unplumbed, upclimbed.