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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

  • (..) There's going to be plenty of rain. Wind, thunder, lightning. - It's going to be one hell of a storm. - Thanks. Nice talking to you. Maybe we'll bump into each other again in the future. DOC: Or in the past. MARTY: Doc, Doc! Come in! BIFF: Where's that punk Calvin Klein, anyway? (..)
    1989 Back to the Future Part II