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1. Knock against with force or violence
   "My car bumped into the tree"
   - knock
    
2. Come upon, as if by accident; meet with
   - find, happen, chance, encounter
    
3. Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
   "bump and grind"
    
4. Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
   - demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs
    
5. Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
   - dislodge

1. A lump on the body caused by a blow
    
2. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   - bulge, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
    
3. An impact (as from a collision)
   "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
   - blow

Derived forms: bumping, bumps, bumped

See also: bump into, bump off, bumper, bumpy

Type of: assign, collide with, dance, delegate, depute, designate, displace, harm, hit, hurt, impact, impinge on, injury, projection, run into, strike, trauma, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

Encyclopedia: Bump Bump, Bump, Bump