bump
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bump (plural bumps)
- 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.
- (rowing) 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.
- (Internet) 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.
- US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
- (slang) A dose of the drug ketamine, when taken recreationally.
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a light blow or jolting collision
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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
the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
a post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile
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to bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)
- Knock or run into with a jolt.
- (Internet) 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.
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terms derived from the verb "bump"
