bump

Noun
  1. A lump on the body caused by a blow (synset 114313006)
    is a type of: harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
  2. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (synset 113917127)
    "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
    is a type of: projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
    subtypes:
    • frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
    • occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
    • belly - a part that bulges deeply
    • caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
    • mogul - a bump on a ski slope
    • nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance
    • snag - a sharp protuberance
    • wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
    same as: bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
  3. An impact (as from a collision) (synset 107353281)
    "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
    is a type of: impact - the striking of one body against another
    subtypes:
    same as: blow
Verb
  1. Knock against with force or violence (synset 201242183)
    "My car bumped into the tree"
    is a type of: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with
    same as: knock
  2. Come upon, as if by accident;
    Meet with (synset 202253273)
    "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
    same as: chance, encounter, find, happen
  3. Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward (synset 201899376)
    "bump and grind"
    is a type of: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
  4. Assign to a lower position;
    Reduce in rank (synset 202404473)
    "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
    is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
    subtypes:
    • sideline - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position
    • reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
    same as: break, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
  5. Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied (synset 201530296)
    "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
    is a type of: displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure
    subtypes: throw - cause to fall off
    same as: dislodge

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