Talk:bump
Latest comment: 7 hours ago by Soap in topic go bump
Boating senses
[edit]- We already have: "(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".
- Chambers 1908 also has this transitive verb: "to overtake and impinge upon the stern or side of a boat by the boat following, the bumper consequently taking the place of the bumped in rank; also to make a bump [i.e. noun]". This perhaps suggests something more than the general sense of a light collision.
Equinox ◑ 20:57, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
What meaning is used in bumptious ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:00, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
go bump
[edit]Things that go bump in the night at home.
Is bump here a noun? or a verb? JMGN (talk) 22:02, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- i'd say go in this use is a quotative morpheme. We can surely find some people putting in quotes: things that go "BUMP" in the night, just as a songbird might go "PEEP". for lack of a better choice, we often classify sound effects as interjections, as with PLOP, but other times we group them as nouns or verbs. i guess if i had to choose one or the other for the construction go [SOUND EFFECT] I would choose a verb. but i still think it's better descsribed as a quotative, because "go bump" implies "go and bump (something)", rather than making a sound effect. —Soap— 15:34, 7 June 2024 (UTC)