bump-in

English

Noun

bump-in (plural bump-ins)

1. (Australia) The process of moving sets and equipment into an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, and setting it up ready for the event or performance.

   Antonym: bump-out

   • 2005, Gunduz Kalic, “Taking Liberties”, in Peter Billingham, editor, Radical Initiatives in Interventionist and Community Drama, page 82:

     One company in particular, TAE, also played to tens of thousands of schools students in the Northern Territory and Queensland. […] By the end of 1999, after years of hard yakka and a few too many bump-ins and outs, some full time company members were growing tired - including of being permanently ‘broke’.

   • 2014, Lynn Van Der Wagen, Lauren White, Human Resource Management for the Event Industry, page 110:

     In the event industry there are two critical times when safety is often compromised, at bump-in and at bump-out. At bump-in the organizer is usually pressed for time and it is not uncommon for installers to work around the clock.

2. An instance of bumping into someone (meeting them by chance).
   • 2020, Judy C. Stribling, Antonio P. DeRosa, “Creating Clinical Partnerships”, in Judy C. Stribling, editor, The Clinical Medical Librarian's Handbook, page 29:

     Some clients are just too busy, and it is best to get a sense of how things are going from them during informal elevator bump-ins, collegial chatter before grand rounds, or morning report.