BUMP





Definition:

  1. [noun] a lump on the body caused by a blow

  2. [noun] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
    Synonyms: bulge, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

  3. [noun] an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
    Synonyms: blow

  4. [verb] knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"
    Synonyms: knock

  5. [verb] 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"
    Synonyms: find, happen, chance, encounter

  6. [verb] dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"

  7. [verb] assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant"
    Synonyms: demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs

  8. [verb] remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
    Synonyms: dislodge, displace

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