| 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" |
| collide | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. clash, collide, jar | be incompatible; be or come into conflict.; "These colors clash" |
| ~ conflict | be in conflict.; "The two proposals conflict!" |
| v. (contact) | 2. collide | cause to collide.; "The physicists collided the particles" |
| ~ crash | cause to crash.; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" |
| v. (contact) | 3. clash, collide | crash together with violent impact.; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ smash | collide or strike violently and suddenly.; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail" |
| ~ shock | collide violently. |
| ~ crash, ram | undergo damage or destruction on impact.; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" |
| crash | | |
| n. (event) | 1. clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash | a loud resonant repeating noise.; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (event) | 2. crash, wreck | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles).; "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" |
| ~ accident | an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury. |
| ~ prang | a crash involving a car or plane. |
| n. (event) | 3. collapse, crash | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| n. (act) | 4. crash, smash | the act of colliding with something.; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" |
| ~ hitting, hit, striking | the act of contacting one thing with another.; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" |
| ~ impingement, impaction | a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something. |
| n. (event) | 5. crash | (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative.; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ misadventure, mischance, mishap | an instance of misfortune. |
| ~ head crash | (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk). |
| v. (motion) | 6. crash | fall or come down violently.; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (motion) | 7. crash | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise.; "The car crashed through the glass door" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 8. crash, ram | undergo damage or destruction on impact.; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" |
| ~ clash, collide | crash together with violent impact.; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" |
| v. (motion) | 9. crash | move violently as through a barrier.; "The terrorists crashed the gate" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| v. (contact) | 10. break apart, break up, crash | break violently or noisily; smash. |
| ~ disintegrate | break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
| ~ crash | cause to crash.; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" |
| v. (stative) | 11. crash | occupy, usually uninvited.; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" |
| ~ lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| v. (perception) | 12. crash | make a sudden loud sound.; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (motion) | 13. barge in, crash, gate-crash | enter uninvited; informal.; "let's crash the party!" |
| ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" |
| v. (contact) | 14. crash | cause to crash.; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" |
| ~ break apart, break up, crash | break violently or noisily; smash. |
| ~ break apart, break up, crash | break violently or noisily; smash. |
| ~ wrap | crash into so as to coil around.; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant" |
| ~ prang | crash. |
| ~ collide | cause to collide.; "The physicists collided the particles" |
| ~ ditch | crash or crash-land.; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" |
| v. (contact) | 15. crash, dash | hurl or thrust violently.; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" |
| ~ hurl, hurtle, cast | throw forcefully. |
| v. (change) | 16. crash | undergo a sudden and severe downturn.; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 17. crash, go down | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| v. (body) | 18. crash, doss, doss down | sleep in a convenient place.; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" |
| ~ bed down, bunk down | go to bed.; "We bedded down at midnight" |
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