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Grammar : Verb
Spell : buhmp
Phonetic Transcription : bʌmp



Definition of bump

Origin :
  • 1590s, "protuberance caused by a blow;" 1610s as "a dull, solid blow;" see bump (v.). The dancer's bump and grind attested from 1940.
  • verb collide, hit, usually with sound
  • verb move over, dislodge
  • verb increment
Example sentences :
  • I dreamt last night that you picked a rose from the middle of my Bump.
  • Extract from : « The Bride of the Nile, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The pole seemed to have magnetic qualities and the result was "Bump."
  • Extract from : « Nuggets of the New Thought » by William Walker Atkinson,
  • Bump came Edward's foot against the door, making them all shriek.
  • Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade
  • "Bump them off, of course, as Johnny so prettily puts it," yawned Sadie languidly.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings » by Dorothy Wayne
  • I want to see as much as I can of you to-day, because to-night there is the Bump Supper, and to-morrow morning, alas!
  • Extract from : « Zuleika Dobson » by Max Beerbohm
  • "Bump," it went up against a telephone pole and the wind left it there.
  • Extract from : « Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 » by Various
  • Bump it in the carburetor enough times, rake it with shrapnel, and it begins to lose its first freshness.
  • Extract from : « Our Part in the Great War » by Arthur Gleason
  • Bump he went against the ceiling, and I knew then why he was all over white on the more salient curves and angles of his person.
  • Extract from : « Twelve Stories and a Dream » by H. G. Wells

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