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bump verb1 & adverb. M16.
[formed as BUMP noun1.]
A. verb.
a. verb intrans. Bulge out; be big. M16-E18.
b. verb trans. Cause to swell up. M17-E18.
verb trans. Push, thump, knock heavily, (usu. against, on); hurt (one's head etc.) by striking it (against, on). E17.
J. Hilton Bumping his head against the roof. J. L. Waten Arms folded, each endeavoured to bump the other to the ground.
verb trans. & intrans. Overtake and touch (the next boat) in a bumping-race (see bumping verbal noun below). E19.
verb intrans. Strike solidly (against, into); come with a bump or jolt against; go (along) with repeated bumps. M19.
bump into fig. (colloq.) meet by chance.
J. D. Salinger Careful not to bump into anything and make a racket. C. Isherwood Jostling, bumping against each other's bodies.
b. Cricket. Of a ball: rise abruptly to an unusual height. M19.
c. Boil explosively. L19.
verb trans. Displace; move from position by a bump; oust, dismiss; spec. transfer to another airline flight because of overbooking etc.; slang murder. Chiefly N. Amer. E20.
Phrases: bump and run Amer. Football (of a cornerback) deliberately bump into the receiver and run with him to block a pass.
With adverbs in specialized senses: bump off slang (orig. US) kill, murder. bump up colloq. increase or raise suddenly.
b. adverb. With a bump; suddenly, violently. E19.
bumpety, bumpity adverb with a bump (usu. redupl.
bumpety-bump) M19.
bumping noun the action of the verb; a bump;
bumping-race, a boat race in which places are determined by bumps (see BUMP noun1 2b): M19.
bumping ppl adjective (a) arch. colloq. huge, great; (b) that bumps: M16.