bump
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A light blow or jolting collision.
His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)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.
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(countable, uncountable)A protuberance on a level surface.
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(countable, uncountable)A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymic) the faculty itself
the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.
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(countable, uncountable)(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.
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(countable, uncountable)The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
Đồng nghĩa: baby bump
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(Internet, countable, uncountable)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.
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(countable, uncountable)A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
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(countable, slang, uncountable)A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
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(countable, uncountable)(preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
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(countable, uncountable)In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To knock against or run into with a jolt.
Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.
- 2.
To move up or down by a step; displace.
I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
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(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.
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(physical)(physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
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(transitive)To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
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(transitive)To move the time of (a scheduled event).
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(transitive)To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
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(transitive)(transitive, programming) To increase (a version number).
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(archaic, intransitive)To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
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(dated)(printing, dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
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(slang, transitive)To assassinate; to bump off.
You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?
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(transitive)(industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
interjection
interjection- 1.
(Internet)Posted 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.
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From bump (a shock, blow from a collision), probably of - origin; compare bump a thump, bumpe to thump, bumpe, all probably of origin.