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Message: <blockquote data-quote="orbitalfreak" data-source="post: 392904" data-attributes="member: 1669"><a href="http://www.dictionary.com" target="_blank">dictionary.com</a> 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 intoTo meet by chance: I often bump into him at the supermarket. bump off Slang To murder.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Imitative.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth EditionCopyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------bump\Bump\, n. The noise made by the bittern.Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------bumpn 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------bumpvt. 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------bumpBUMP: in Acronym FinderSource: Acronym Finder, © 1988-2001 Mountain Data Systems --------------------------------------------------------------------------------bumpbump: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical DictionarySource: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB</blockquote>

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