| bump | | |
| n. (state) | 1. bump | a lump on the body caused by a blow. |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| n. (shape) | 2. bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" |
| ~ frontal eminence | either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit. |
| ~ occipital protuberance | prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone. |
| ~ belly | a part that bulges deeply.; "the belly of a sail" |
| ~ caput | a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure.; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" |
| ~ mogul | a bump on a ski slope. |
| ~ nub, nubble | a small lump or protuberance. |
| ~ snag | a sharp protuberance. |
| ~ wart | any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals). |
| ~ projection | any solid convex shape that juts out from something. |
| n. (event) | 3. blow, bump | an impact (as from a collision).; "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
| ~ impact | the striking of one body against another. |
| ~ jolt, jounce, jar, shock | a sudden jarring impact.; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" |
| ~ concussion | any violent blow. |
| ~ rap, tap, strike | a gentle blow. |
| ~ bang, bash, smash, knock, belt | a vigorous blow.; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" |
| ~ buffeting, pounding | repeated heavy blows. |
| ~ sideswipe | a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles). |
| ~ slap, smack | a blow from a flat object (as an open hand). |
| v. (contact) | 4. bump, knock | knock against with force or violence.; "My car bumped into the tree" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| v. (possession) | 5. bump, chance, encounter, find, happen | come upon, as if by accident; meet with.; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" |
| v. (motion) | 6. bump | dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward.; "bump and grind" |
| ~ trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
| v. (social) | 7. break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ sideline | remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position.; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" |
| ~ reduce | bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.; "He reduced the population to slavery" |
| v. (contact) | 8. bump, dislodge | remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" |
| ~ throw | cause to fall off.; "The horse threw its inexperienced rider" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
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