Definition of "bump"
- noun
A light blow or jolting collision.
The sound of such a collision.
A protuberance on a level surface.
A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
- verb
To knock against or run into with a jolt.
To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
To move the time of a scheduled event.
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