bump
noun
1. a lump on the body caused by a blow
Definition categories: state, harm, hurt, injury, trauma
2. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Similar word(s): bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
Definition categories: shape, projection
3. an impact (as from a collision)
- the bump threw him off the bicycle
Similar word(s): blow
Definition categories: event, impact
Sentences with bump as a noun:
- the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
- US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
verb
1. knock against with force or violence
- My car bumped into the tree
Similar word(s): knock
Definition categories: contact, hit, strike
2. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Similar word(s): chance, encounter, find, happen
Definition categories: possession
3. dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- bump and grind
Definition categories: motion, dance
4. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Similar word(s): break, demote, relegate
Definition categories: social, assign, delegate, depute, designate
5. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
Similar word(s): dislodge
Definition categories: contact, displace
Sentences with bump as a verb:
- I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.