bump
1. a lump on the body caused by a blow
• Hypernyms:
injury, hurt, harm, trauma
2. 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
• Syn:
bulge, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
• Derivationally related forms:
excrescent (for: excrescence), protrude (for: protrusion), protuberant (for: protuberance), protuberate (for: protuberance), gibbous (for: gibbousness), gibbous (for: gibbosity), hump (for: hump), bulgy (for: bulge), bulge (for: bulge)
• Hypernyms:
projection
• Hyponyms:
frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul,
nub, nubble, snag, wart
3. an impact (as from a collision)
- the bump threw him off the bicycle
• Syn:
blow
• Derivationally related forms:
bumpy
• Hypernyms:
impact
• Hyponyms:
jolt, jar, jounce, shock, concussion,
rap, strike, tap, knock, bash, bang,
bang, belt, pounding, buffeting, sideswipe,
slap, smack
1. knock against with force or violence (Freq. 2)
- My car bumped into the tree
• Syn:
knock
• See Also:
knock against (for: knock), knock about (for: knock), bump into
• Derivationally related forms:
bumper
• Hypernyms:
hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
2. come upon, as if by accident;
meet with (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
find, happen, chance, encounter
• Derivationally related forms:
encounter (for: encounter), find (for: find), finder (for: find)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward (Freq. 1)
- bump and grind
• Hypernyms:
dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- They bump
4. assign to a lower position;
reduce in rank
- She was demoted because she always speaks up
- He was broken down to Sergeant
• Syn:
demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs
• Ant:
promote (for: demote)
• See Also:
bump off
• Derivationally related forms:
relegation (for: relegate), demotion (for: demote)
• Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
• Hyponyms:
sideline, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space
• Syn:
dislodge
• Derivationally related forms:
dislodgement (for: dislodge)
• Hypernyms:
displace
• Hyponyms:
throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
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