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bump Pronunciation Key (bmp)
v. bumped, bump·ing, bumps
v. tr.
To strike or collide with.
To cause to knock against an obstacle.
To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
To shake up and down; jolt: bumped the child on her knee; was bumped about on a rough flight.
To displace from a position within a group or organization.
To deprive (a passenger) of a reserved seat because of overbooking.
To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline.
Sports. To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.
v. intr.
To hit or knock against something.
To proceed with jerks and jolts: bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain.
Sports. To bump a volleyball.
n.
A blow, collision, or jolt.
The sound of something bumping: heard a loud bump in the dark.
A raised or rounded spot; a bulge.
A slight swelling or lump.
Something, such as unevenness or a hole in a road, that causes a bump.
A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.
One of the natural protuberances on the human skull, considered to have significance in phrenology.
A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
Sports. A pass in volleyball made by redirecting the ball with the inside of the forearms, especially when extended and held together.
Slang. A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.
Phrasal Verbs:
bump into
To meet by chance: I often bump into him at the supermarket.
bump off Slang
To murder.
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[Imitative.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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\Bump\, v. i. [See Boom to roar.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed. --Dryden.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Bump\, n. The noise made by the bittern.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Bump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Bump\, v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. ``Bumping and jumping.'' --Southey.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Bump\, n. [From Bump to strike, to thump.] 1. A thump; a heavy blow.
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. --Shak.
3. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of ``veneration;'' the bump of ``acquisitiveness.'' [Colloq.]
4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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n 1: a lump on the body caused by a blow 2: something that protrudes [syn: bulge, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 3: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" [syn: blow] v 1: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: knock] 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" [syn: find, happen, chance, hit, encounter] 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" [syn: demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: promote] 5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" [syn: dislodge, displace]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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Increment. E.g. C's ++ operator. It is used especially of counter variables, pointers and index dummies in "for", "while", and "do-while" loops.
(1994-11-29)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis Howe
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vt. 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.
Source: Jargon File 4.2.0
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bump: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
bump Pronunciation Key (bmp)
v. bumped, bump·ing, bumps
v. tr.
To strike or collide with.
To cause to knock against an obstacle.
To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
To shake up and down; jolt: bumped the child on her knee; was bumped about on a rough flight.
To displace from a position within a group or organization.
To deprive (a passenger) of a reserved seat because of overbooking.
To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline.
Sports. To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.
v. intr.
To hit or knock against something.
To proceed with jerks and jolts: bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain.
Sports. To bump a volleyball.
n.
A blow, collision, or jolt.
The sound of something bumping: heard a loud bump in the dark.
A raised or rounded spot; a bulge.
A slight swelling or lump.
Something, such as unevenness or a hole in a road, that causes a bump.
A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.
One of the natural protuberances on the human skull, considered to have significance in phrenology.
A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
Sports. A pass in volleyball made by redirecting the ball with the inside of the forearms, especially when extended and held together.
Slang. A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.
Phrasal Verbs:
bump into
To meet by chance: I often bump into him at the supermarket.
bump off Slang
To murder.
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[Imitative.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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bump
\Bump\, v. i. [See Boom to roar.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed. --Dryden.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bump
\Bump\, n. The noise made by the bittern.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bump
\Bump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bump
\Bump\, v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. ``Bumping and jumping.'' --Southey.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bump
\Bump\, n. [From Bump to strike, to thump.] 1. A thump; a heavy blow.
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. --Shak.
3. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of ``veneration;'' the bump of ``acquisitiveness.'' [Colloq.]
4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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n 1: a lump on the body caused by a blow 2: something that protrudes [syn: bulge, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 3: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" [syn: blow] v 1: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: knock] 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" [syn: find, happen, chance, hit, encounter] 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" [syn: demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: promote] 5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" [syn: dislodge, displace]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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bump
Increment. E.g. C's ++ operator. It is used especially of counter variables, pointers and index dummies in "for", "while", and "do-while" loops.
(1994-11-29)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis Howe
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bump
vt. 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.
Source: Jargon File 4.2.0
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bump
BUMP: in Acronym Finder
Source: Acronym Finder, © 1988-2001 Mountain Data Systems
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bump
bump: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
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