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bump against — v. collide against, come up against forcefully … English contemporary dictionary
bump — bump1 S3 [bʌmp] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [>I always + adv/prep, T] to hit or knock against something bump against ▪ I ran after him, bumping against people in my hurry. bump into ▪ Tim was a clumsy boy, always bumping… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bump — n., v., & adv. n. 1 a dull sounding blow or collision. 2 a swelling or dent caused by this. 3 an uneven patch on a road, field, etc. 4 Phrenol. any of various prominences on the skull thought to indicate different mental faculties. 5 (in narrow… … Useful english dictionary
bump — v. 1) (d; intr.) to bump against, into (she bumped into me) 2) (D; tr.) to bump against, on (she bumped her arm against the table) 3) (colloq.) (AE) (D; tr.) ( to remove without warning ) to bump from (he was bumped from the flight) * * * [bʌmp]… … Combinatory dictionary
bump — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
bump — 01. I [bumped] my head getting into the car, and it really hurts. 02. My daughter [bumped] your car while she was parking, but it didn t leave a scratch on it. 03. Your son has quite a [bump] on his head from where he was hit with a baseball. 04 … Grammatical examples in English
bump — noun 1》 a light blow or a jolting collision. ↘Rowing (in races where boats make a spaced start one behind another) the point at which a boat begins to overtake or touch the boat ahead, thereby defeating it. 2》 a protuberance on a level… … English new terms dictionary
bump — Pu u, anapu u, ōhū; ♦ bump against, ho oku i … English-Hawaiian dictionary
bump up against — ˌbump ˈup against [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bump up against he/she/it bumps up against present participle bumping up against … Useful english dictionary
Bump — or Bumps may refer to:*Bump (Internet), raising a thread s profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads *Bump (union), in an unionised work environment, a re assignment of jobs on the basis of seniority *Bump (football), a… … Wikipedia
