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bump

Definition

  • noun: a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface
  • verb: to hit (something, such as part of your body) against an object in a sudden and forceful way
  • verb: to strike or knock with force or violence
  • often used figuratively in U.S. English
  • synonyms: thump, protuberance, boom

Examples

  • The flight was overbooked, and I was the first to 'be bumped'. [=my seat on the flight was the first seat to be given to someone else]

  • His career hit a 'bump' in the road. = His career hit a road 'bump'. [=something happened that slowed the progress of his career]

  • The airplane landed 'with a bump'. [=the airplane went up again and then down when it hit the ground]

Movie quotes

  • (..) to talk about Judy at all. - We're gonna keep her out of it. - Gordon. I know, Coop! Who do you think this is there? Suffered some bumps on the old noggin, Phil? What the hell did he say there, Albert? That's Special Agent Dale Cooper! For God's sakes, Jeffries, (..)
    1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me