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ˈover-bump, v.
[f. over- 14 + bump v.1 3.]
In bumping-races, to catch and bump (a boat ahead of a pair of other boats that have withdrawn after a bump), thus going up three places. So ˈover-bump n.
1905Daily Chron. 2 Mar. 7/3 One boat (Corpus) over-bumped Selwyn and ascended three places. 1920‘Two of 'em’ Guide Cambr. Univ. Life 10 If three or more boats bump simultaneously the rear boat goes to the front of those boats, and is said to have made an ‘over-bump’. 1930Magdalene Boat Club 1828–1928 v. 19 The year 1868 is notable as providing the only occasion upon which the first boat ever made an overbump. 1963Times 31 May 5/3 Merton II also attempted a big task in going for an overbump on Queen's II and it was only by one foot that they failed to make it. |