bump
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[edit] Etymology
From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision", also "to make a heavy, hollow sound, boom”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”). Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”), probably of imitative origin. More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.
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[edit] Noun
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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[edit] Translations
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
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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[edit] Verb
bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)
- To knock against 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.
- (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
- Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years'...
- 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
- (transitive) To move the time of a scheduled event.
- 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, p. 332:
- A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
- 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, p. 332:
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terms derived from the verb "bump"
