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bump

  (bÅ­mp)

1. To strike or collide with.
2. To cause to knock against an obstacle.
3. 1. To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
   2. To shake up and down; jolt: bumped the child on her knee; was bumped about on a rough flight.
4. 1. To displace from a position within a group or organization.
   2. To deprive (a passenger) of a reserved seat because of overbooking.
5. To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline.
6. Sports. To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.

1. To hit or knock against something.
2. To proceed with jerks and jolts: bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain.
3. Sports. To bump a volleyball.

1. 1. A blow, collision, or jolt.
   2. The sound of something bumping: heard a loud bump in the dark.
2. 1. A raised or rounded spot; a bulge.
   2. A slight swelling or lump.
   3. Something, such as unevenness or a hole in a road, that causes a bump.
3. A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.
4. One of the natural protuberances on the human skull, considered to have significance in phrenology.
5. A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
6. Sports. A pass in volleyball made by redirecting the ball with the inside of the forearms, especially when extended and held together.
7. Slang. A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.

bump into

1. To meet by chance: I often bump into him at the supermarket.

1. To murder.

[Imitative.]

verb

1. To come together or come up against with force: collide, crash. See conflict/cooperation.
2. To proceed with sudden, abrupt movements: jerk, jolt. See repetition.
3. To put out by force: dismiss, eject, evict, expel, oust, throw out. Informal chuck. Slang boot, bounce, kick out. Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone theheave-hoold heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear. See keep/release.
4. To lower in rank or grade: break, degrade, demote, downgrade, reduce. Slang bust. See rise/fall.

phrasal verb - bump into

To find or meet by chance: chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. Archaic alight on (or upon). Idioms: meet up with,, meet.

phrasal verb - bump off

To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish (off), kill, liquidate, murder, slay. Informal put away. Slang do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap,, help/harm/harmless.

noun

1. Violent forcible contact between two or more things: collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, shock, smash. See conflict/cooperation.
2. An unevenness or elevation on a surface: hump, knob, knot, lump, nub, protuberance. See convex/concave.
3. A small raised area of skin resulting from a light blow or an insect sting, for example: bunch, knot, lump, swelling. See convex/concave.

Idioms beginning with bump:
bump off

See also goose pimples (bumps); like a bump on a log.

Definition: collide
Antonyms: flow, glide, sail

Synonym for increment. Has the same meaning as C's ++ operator. Used esp. of counter variables, pointers, and index dummies in for, while, and do-while loops.

A term used to describe a variety of papulonodular dermatoses in horses, including ‘heat bumps’, ‘feed bumps’, ‘protein bumps’, ‘wheat bumps’ and others. No specific disease or etiology has been assigned to the term and veterinary dermatologists wish it would disappear from use.

Bump 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 a unionised work environment, a re-assignment of jobs on the basis of seniority
• Bump (football), a body contact alternative to a tackle and shepherding method in Australian Rules Football
• Bump (rowing), a feature of rowing at Oxford and Cambridge
• Bumps race, a type of rowing competition
• Bump mapping, a computer graphics technique
• Speed bump, a raised portion of road designed to slow traffic
• Coal mine bump, a seismic jolt occurring within a mine
• Lock bumping, a method of lock picking
• The bumps, a birthday tradition

In entertainment:

• Bump (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe.
• Bump (television), a short video segment used in advertising
• Bump (professional wrestling), making actual contact with another individual, an object, or the ground
• Bump (TV series), a 1990 children's programme featuring an elephant
• "Bump (song)", a 2005 single by Raven-Symoné
• Bump (album), a Jazz album recorded by musician John Scofield in 2000
• Bump (dance), a dance from the 1970s disco era
• Bump (pricing game), a game played on The Price Is Right from 1985 through 1991
• Mr. Bump, a Mr. Men character
• "Bump, Bump, Bump", a 2003 single by B2K featuring P. Diddy
• The Bump, a 1974 hit single by Kenny

Bump may also refer to:

• The removal of passengers from an overbooked airline flight
• Colloquialism for a skin lesion such as pimple, blackhead, etc.
• A "shout out"
• A dosage of some illegal substance (slang, most often in reference to cocaine)
• The basketball elimination game Knockout (game)
• A pregnant celebrity (starting to show)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bump, stød, slag
v. tr. - bumpe, støde, dunke
v. intr. - støde ind i

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    skrabe mod bunden
• bump into    løbe ind i, støde ind i
• bump off    myrde, rydde af vejen
• bump up    sætte i vejret, give et skub opad
• with a bump    med et bump

Nederlands (Dutch)
bult, buil, bons, turbulentie tijdens vlucht, (mv) het op- en neergooien van een jarige, botsen, stoten, raken, hobbelen, zwanger maken

Français (French)
n. - choc, heurt, coup, cahot, secousse, inégalité (d'une surface), bosse, protubérance, (Aviat) trou d'air
v. tr. - heurter, tamponner, entrer en collision
v. intr. - buter, entrer en collision, heurter, cahoter, bringuebaler

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    heurter le fond, cogner le fond
• bump into    butter contre, se cogner contre, entrer en collision avec, tamponner, rentrer dans, rencontrer par hasard, tomber sur
• bump off    supprimer (qn), faire la peau à (qn), descendre (avec un fusil)
• bump up    gonfler les prix (d'une façon exagérée)
• with a bump    (faire) un casse cul

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlag, Buckel, Beule, Höcker
v. - zusammenstoßen, stoßen, rumpeln

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    (gleichförmig) schlecht gehen
• bump into    auffahren auf, prallen gegen, zufällig treffen
• bump off    kaltmachen
• bump up    (ugs.) aufschlagen, aufbessern
• with a bump    mit einem Ruck

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τρακάρω, πέφτω απάνω, σκοντάφτω, χτυπώ, κοπανώ, ταρακουνιέμαι, τραντάζομαι
n. - πρόσκρουση, τρακάρισμα, πρήξιμο, καρούμπαλο, εξόγκωμα (σαμαράκι) δρόμου, κενό αέρος, τράνταγμα

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    Î´ÎµÎ½ δείχνω σημεία ανάκαμψης
• bump into    Ï€ÏÎ¿ÏƒÎºÏÎ¿ÏÏ‰ σε, πέφτω πάνω σε, συναντώ τυχαία
• bump off    ÎºÎ±Î¸Î±ÏÎ¯Î¶Ï‰, βγάζω από τη μέση
• bump up    Î±Ï…ξάνω (τιμή κ.λπ.)
• with a bump    Î±Ï€ÏŒÏ„ομα, στα γρήγορα

Italiano (Italian)
sbattere, urtare, tonfo, bernoccolo

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    essere sull'orlo della rovina
• bump into    urtare contro, imbattersi in qualcuno
• bump off    fare fuori
• bump up    aumentare
• with a bump    violentemente, improvvisamente

Português (Portuguese)
v. - colidir, mover-se aos trancos
n. - baque (m), impacto (m), galo (m) (fig.)

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    mover para frente e para trás
• bump into    encontrar alguém por acaso
• bump off    matar
• bump up    aumentar, melhorar
• with a bump    com um baque

Русский (Russian)
врезаться, стукнуться, глухой удар, ухаб, шишка

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    ÐºÐ°Ðº-то переносить на низком уровне
• bump into    ÑÑ‚олкнуться с, наткнуться на
• bump off    ÑƒÐ±Ñ€Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒ (кого-либо)
• bump up    ÑƒÐ²ÐµÐ»Ð¸Ñ‡Ð¸Ñ‚ÑŒ, преувеличить
• with a bump    Ñ грохотом, врезаться в край тротуара

Español (Spanish)
n. - chocar, estampido, golpe, chichón
v. tr. - chocar, tropezar, golpear
v. intr. - despachar, matar, morir

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    avanzar dando tumbos
• bump into    chocar con, tropezar con, encontrarse a
• bump off    despachar, acabar con, matar, liquidar
• bump up    aumentar, subir
• with a bump    repentinamente, violentamente

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - törna, stöta, dunka
n. - törn, stöt, duns

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
撞击, 肿块, 碰撞, 撞, 颠簸而行

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    ä¸€ç›´ä¸æˆåŠŸ
• bump into    æ— æ„ä¸­é‡åˆ°
• bump off    çŒ›ç„¶æŽ¨å¼€, 谋杀, 杀死
• bump up    æé«˜
• with a bump    ç °çš„一声

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - æ’žæ“Š, è…«å¡Š
v. tr. - 碰撞
v. intr. - 撞, 顛簸而行

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    ä¸€ç›´ä¸æˆåŠŸ
• bump into    ç„¡æ„ä¸­é‡åˆ°
• bump off    çŒ›ç„¶æŽ¨é–‹, 謀殺, 殺死
• bump up    æé«˜
• with a bump    ç °çš„一聲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 충돌, 혹, 재능
v. tr. - ~에 충돌하다, 쫓아내다, ~을 올리다
v. intr. - 부딪다, 차가 덜컥덜컥 나아가다

idioms:

• bump into    ë‚¨ê³¼ 우연히 마주치다
• bump off    ~을 죽이다
• bump up    ì˜¬ë¦¬ë‹¤
• with a bump    ê°‘자기 좋지 않은 상황에 빠진

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 衝突, ドスンと当たること, こぶ
v. - ぶつける, 突き当たる, ガタガタ進む
adv. - ドスンと

idioms:

• bump along the bottom    åº•è¾ºã‚’こきざみに移動する
• bump into    â€¦ã«ã¶ã¤ã‹ã‚‹, …にばったり会う
• bump off    ã¶ã¤ã‘て落とす
• bump up    æ€¥å¢—させる, 昇進させる
• with a bump    ãƒ‰ã‚·ãƒ³ã¨

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) صدم, اصطدم ب, التقى ب (الاسم) ورم, صدمه, رجه, نتوء, بروز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חבטה, בליטה, נפיחות, טראח!, טלאי על כביש, בליטה על הגולגולת, הנקודה בה סירה משיגה אחרת במירוץ-סירות, סטייה מנתיב טיסה בשל זרם אוויר, זרם אוויר‬
v. tr. - ‮חבט, היכה, התנגש ב-‬
v. intr. - ‮נע בטלטולים, היטלטל, התנגש ב-‬

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