A light blow or jolting collision.
His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.
The sound of such a collision.
He heard a loud bump and saw the front part of his car was broken and the driver of the other car was running to apologise.
The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
To knock against or run into with a jolt.
Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.
To move up or down by a step; displace.
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Alternative form of bump.
A surname.
From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a cl...
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Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.