bumpverb
uk/bʌmp/us/bʌmp/bump verb (HIT)
B2 [ I + adv/prep ] to hit something with force:
B2 [ T usually + adv/prep ] to hurt part of your body by hitting it against something hard:
More examples
- I bumped my head and was concussed for several days.
- He's got a bruise where he bumped his leg against the corner of the table.
- I bumped my head as I was getting into the car.
- The car skidded off the road and bumped into a tree.
- The removal men kept bumping the furniture against the walls and chipping the paint.
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- bang
- bowl sb over
- broadside
- buffet
- cannon
- catch
- ding
- go into sth
- hit
- jarring
- knock sb down
- knock sb over
- prang
- run (sth) into sth/sb
- sideswipe
- slam
- smash
- smash-up
- stack
- strike
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bump verb (TRAVEL)
[ I + adv/prep ] to travel, usually in a vehicle, in an uncomfortable way because the surface you are moving over is rough:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Travelling
- backpacking
- bum around (somewhere)
- catch
- coach
- connect
- cover
- cruise
- destination
- gad about/around (somewhere)
- gallivant
- have sth, will travel idiom
- override
- ply
- road
- roam
- tootle
- tourist class
- travel
- travelled
- well travelled
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bump verb (MOVE)
[ T + adv/prep ] to remove someone from a particular position, sometimes to a different one:
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Evicting and forcing to leave
- boot
- boot sb off (sth)
- boot sb out (of sth)
- chuck
- chuck sb out
- clear sb off sth
- dislodge
- extradite
- flight
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sb/sth out
- kick
- kick sb out
- show sb the door idiom
- sling sb out
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- throw
- throw sb out
- turf sb out
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Phrasal verb(s)
bumpnoun [ C ]
uk/bʌmp/us/bʌmp/bump noun [ C ] (RAISED AREA)
C1 a round, raised area on a surface or on the body:
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Swellings & lumps
- acoustic neuroma
- adenoma hyperplastic nodules
- angioma
- aortic aneurysm
- atypical lipoma
- goitre
- inflammatory
- leiomyoma
- lump
- lymphoedema
- mastitis
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- oedema
- pancreatic mass
- polyp
- puffy
- swelling
- swollen
- turgid
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bump noun [ C ] (HIT)
the sound of something falling to the ground:
an accident involving a car, especially one that is not serious:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
bump noun [ C ] (INCREASE)
mainly US an increase in something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming bigger
- accrue
- augment
- billow
- bloat
- broaden
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extension
- grow
- oak
- puff up
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch
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