1. bump - noun
· a lump on the body caused by a blow
Hypernym(s): injury, hurt, harm, trauma
2. bump - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): bulge, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Hypernym(s): projection
3. bump - noun
· an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
Synonym(s): blow
Hypernym(s): impact
4. bump - verb
· knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"
Synonym(s): knock
Hypernym(s): hit, strike, impinge_on, run_into, collide_with
5. bump - 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"
Synonym(s): find, happen, chance, encounter
6. bump - verb
· dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"
Hypernym(s): dance, trip_the_light_fantastic, trip_the_light_fantastic_toe
7. bump - verb
· assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
Synonym(s): demote, relegate, break, kick_downstairs
Hypernym(s): delegate, designate, depute, assign
8. bump - verb
· remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
Synonym(s): dislodge
Hypernym(s): displace
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