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

bump and run noun (golf)

An approach shot played so that the ball runs a long distance after landing

bumper car noun

A Dodgem

bumper sticker noun

A small label bearing a slogan or advertisement affixed to the bumper of a motor vehicle

bumping race noun

A boat race in which the boats start at fixed intervals, and seek to bump, not to pass the boat in front

bumpsˈadaisy or boompsˈ-a-daisy interjection

Exclamation on bumping into someone or something, or to a child on falling

bumpˈ-start transitive verb

To start (a car) by pushing it and engaging the gears while it is moving (also noun)

bump and grind

To dance erotically with exaggerated movements of the hips

bump into

To happen to meet (someone)

bump off (slang)

To kill, murder

bump up (informal)

1. To raise (prices)
2. To increase the size of

with a bump

With an unpleasant suddenness

bump² /bump/ (obsolete)

The booming cry of the bittern

To utter that cry

• dissatisfactoriness
• dissatisfactory
• dissatisfied
• dissatisfies
• dissatisfy
• dissatisfying
• dissaving
• dissavings
• disseat
• disseated
• disseating
• disseats
• dissect
• dissected
• dissected map
• dissected maps
• dissected picture
• dissectible
• dissecting
• dissecting microscope
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• dissectings
• dissecting table
• dissecting tables
• dissection