bump¹ /bump/

1. To make a heavy or loud noise
2. To knock dully
3. To jolt
4. To move joltingly

1. To strike with a dull sound
2. To strike against
3. To dislodge, knock, shove
4. In bumping races (esp Oxford and Cambridge), to catch up with and touch (the boat in front), and consequently move up one place
5. (with out) to spread out (text) in printing so as to fill any desired number of pages (printing)
6. To turn away (a passenger who holds a valid reservation for a seat on a flight) because the airline has allowed too many seats to be booked

1. A dull heavy blow
2. A thump
3. (in pl) a customary series of thumps (administered in various ways in various parts of the country) esp to a child celebrating his or her birthday
4. The act of bumping in a bumping race
5. A jolt
6. A lump or swelling
7. A protuberance on the head associated by phrenologists with specific qualities or propensities of mind
8. Hence (informal) faculty

bumpˈer noun

1. Any thing or person that bumps
2. A bar on the front and back of a motor vehicle to lessen the shock of collision
3. A railway buffer (US)
4. A pad fitted round the inside of a cot to stop a baby bumping itself
5. A bumping race
6. A cup or glass filled to the brim for drinking a toast
7. Anything large or generous in measure
8. A crowded house at a theatre or concert
9. A bouncer (cricket)

1. Full to overflowing
2. Unusually large or plentiful

To drink bumpers

bumpˈily adverb

bumpˈiness noun

bumpˈing noun

bumpolˈogy noun (joc)

Phrenology

bumpˈy adjective

• dead-weight
• dead white European male
• dead white European males
• dead-wind
• dead wood
• dead-wood
• dead-work
• deaf
• deaf aid
• deaf aids
• deaf alphabet
• deaf-and-dumb alphabet
• deaf-and-dumb language
• deaf as a post
• deafen
• deafened
• deafening
• deafenings
• deafens
• deafer
• deafest
• deaf language
• deafly
• deaf-mute
• deaf-mutes