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bumpy, a.|ˈbʌmpɪ|
[f. bump n.1 or v.1 + -y1.]
a. Full of bumps or protuberances; of a road, etc., jolty, uneven; causing bumps or jolts.
1865E. Burritt Walk Land's E. 239 A wall of brown, brambly, humpy, bumpy heatherland. 1884C. Gurdon in Lillywhite Crick. Comp. 49 On a bumpy wicket a dangerous bowler.
b. Cricket. Of a ball: that rises abruptly from the pitch; of bowling: using or characterized by ‘bumpers’ (see bumper n.1 6 b).
1867Australasian 9 Mar. 300/3 The batsmen seemed afraid to look at him, especially after the first bumpy over. 1871‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 28 Balls too high to strike the wicket, and too ‘bumpy’ to be hit down. 1906Westm. Gaz. 8 May 2/1 He delivers a very fast bumpy ball.
c. Aeronaut. Full of bumps (see bump n.1 1 d); uneven because of bumps.
1911H. R. P. Reynolds in A. E. Berriman Aviation (1913) 166, I scarcely moved my control lever until I got to Bletchley, where it [the air] began to get rather ‘bumpy’. 1918Punch 3 Apr. 222/3 Weather looks dud—you're going to have it bumpy in the morning, if you're on a pup. 1959Times 13 June 9/6 It was a nightmare journey for pilot and navigator alike. Conditions were very bumpy. 1963V. Gielgud Goggle-Box Affair xxii. 249 He was..suffering from the after-effects of a bumpy flight. |