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]
(..) The Avatar Program is a bad joke. Bunch of limp-dick science majors. However, it does present an opportunity both timely and unique. A recon gyrene in an avatar body. That's a potent mix. Give me the goose bumps. Such a Marine could provide the intel I need, right on the ground. (..)2009 Avatar