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Bump

noun
1.
A lump on the body caused by a blow.
2.
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.  Synonyms: bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling.  "The hump of a camel" , "He stood on the rocky prominence" , "The occipital protuberance was well developed" , "The bony excrescence between its horns"
3.
An impact (as from a collision).  Synonym: blow.
verb
(past & past part. bumped; pres. part. bumping)
1.
Knock against with force or violence.  Synonym: knock.
2.
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with.  Synonyms: chance, encounter, find, happen.  "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here" , "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
3.
Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward.
4.
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.  Synonyms: break, demote, kick downstairs, relegate.  "He was broken down to Sergeant"
5.
Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.  Synonym: dislodge.



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"Bump" Quotes from Famous Books



... stayed wid Adeline's folks two years. I sure made myself useful in dat family. Never 'spicioned what Adeline had in her head, 'til one day I climbed up a hickory nut tree, flail de nuts down, come down and was helpin' to pick them up when she bump her head 'ginst mine and say: 'Oh, Lordy!' Then I pat and rub her head and it come over me what was in dat head! Us went to de house and her told de folks dat ...
— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1 • Various
... so she laid hands on one of the blocks of stone to roll it nearer to the hearth. She could not budge it. Then she caught the sneering laughter of the man, and strove again in a fury. It was no use; for the stone merely rocked a little and settled back in its place with a bump. ...
— Riders of the Silences • Max Brand
... yere bump party might have gone wrong in his wagers a heap of times; but he shorely calls the turn on Jack when he says he's some strong ...
— Wolfville • Alfred Henry Lewis
... on. However, he's so cunning, that when he doesn't behave as others do, one may be sure that he has his reasons for it. Do you know him?" And as Pierre gave a negative answer, Massot went on: "Oh! he's a man of brains and real power—I speak with all freedom, you know, for I don't possess the bump of veneration; and, as for my editors, well, they're the very puppets that I know the best and pick to pieces with the most enjoyment. Fonsegue, also, is clearly designated in Sagnier's article. Moreover, he's one of Duvillard's usual clients. There can ...
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola
... them—it was awe-inspiring, and produced a perpetual feeling of nervousness—as though they were in the presence of some extraordinary and incomprehensible great force of nature. It is rather unfortunate for Joe that nature did not endow him with any bump of veneration, and that he is thus ready to embark on hazardous enterprises, in which he oftens comes to grief. When he made this quotation against Mr. Gladstone, the Old Man at once pounced on him with a demand for the date ...
— Sketches In The House (1893) • T. P. O'Connor


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