Bump (union)
WordNet
noun
(1) An impact (as from a collision)
"The bump threw him off the bicycle"
(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"
(3) A lump on the body caused by a blow
verb
(4) Knock against with force or violence
"My car bumped into the tree"
(5) Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
"The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
(6) Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
"Bump and grind"
(7) Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
"She was demoted because she always speaks up"
"He was broken down to Sergeant"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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.
- 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.
- A dose of the drug ketamine, when taken recreationally.