bump
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bump (bump)
transitive verb
- to hit or knock against with a jolt; collide lightly with
- ☆ Slang to displace, as from a job or plane reservation
- ☆ Slang to raise (a price, a bet in poker, etc.)
Etymology: echoic
intransitive verb
- to collide with a jolt
- to move with jerks or jolts
noun
- a light blow or jolt
- a swelling or lump, esp. one caused by a blow
- in phrenology, any of the protuberances of the skull as interpreted with reference to one's mental faculties
- ☆ Slang a thrusting movement forward of the lower part of the torso, as in striptease dancing
bump Idioms
bump into
☆Informal to meet unexpectedly
bump off
☆Slang to murder
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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