Word Finder - bump

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A light blow or jolting collision.

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The sound of such a collision.

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A protuberance on a level surface.

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A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

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One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (metonymically) the faculty itself

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the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness

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The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

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The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

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A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

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A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.

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US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.

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A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.

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The noise made by the bittern; a boom.

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(preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.

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In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.

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A coarse cotton fabric.

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A training match for a fighting dog.

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The jaw of either of the middle pockets.

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Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

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To knock against or run into with a jolt.

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To move up or down by a step; displace.

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I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.

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To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

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(of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

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To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

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To move the time of (a scheduled event).

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To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.

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To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.

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To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.

There was a gentle bump as they landed.

The bump sounded again, as if someone ran into it.

Put a dab of it on each bump and it'll kill...

Maybe I'll bump into the Psychic Tipster and cash in.

They may not bump into them very often in what we call "everyday life" but do know them well enough to friend them.

The projecting bone or bump at the back of the head.

Dean moved close enough to bump Fitzgerald but held his temper.

The upcoming changes will certainly be a bump in the road.

Upon their return to Larkhall, the Julies are surprised when they bump into their old employer, wealthy brothel madame, Virginia OâKane.

What may happen in some cases is illustrated by the curious form of accident locally known as a " bump," which occurs in some of the deep coal-mines of England.

Of all the things that go bump in the night, the vampire seems to have captured the human imagination the most.

Using American Express travel insurance can help ensure that your trip goes smoothly, even if you do hit a bump in the road.

At the bite scene, the body develops a raised itchy bump containing the substances and fluids that irritate the skin as our bodies try to fight off the foreign enzymes.

He was with the ship's Padre, who apart from a nasty bump on his head, seemed to be ok.

This deodorant also uses some ingredients from the ingrown hair / razor bump product to give added cover.

A ganglion cyst is a bump or mass that forms under the skin.

You never know you might even bump into a grand dame during the day.

The remaining solder bump is then almost pure lead, creating a very ductile column.

We also failed to bump into Iberian Green Woodpecker anywhere, but I had no specific gen.

Check out the " under the bump " stretch jeans.

He did allow that in Ireland, houses built on fairy paths tent to get poltergeists which make things go bump in the night.

On a recent visit, I was pleased to bump into the parish priest, Father John Burrows.

Despite shooting the promo while pregnant, the German catwalk queen managed to hide her fledgling bump with clever use of a prop.

Lavater would have said I lack the bump of paternity.

Every minute or so, bump up the pace of the machine until you reach your full workout speed.

Some men search for underwear that enhance the front, while others want to add a little more bump to their booties.

You don't want to choose bulky underthings if your dress is thin, satiny and clingy enough to show every bump, curve and line.

Dark fantasy involves all those things that go bump in the night.

That changed the day that her Watcher arrived and told her that she was The Slayer, the one girl in all the world who could kill the vampires, demons and other creatures that go bump in the night.

Skin cancer usually starts as a discrete mole, bump, or patch, not a rash.

Basal cell cancer usually appears as a pearly-colored bump or waxy-looking scar.

Even if the skin change is small, the cancer could still be growing somewhere else inside your body.Advanced basal cell cancer can look like a large bump or a big area of abnormal skin.

Graduating sizes - Your bump clusters will likely appear in graduating sizes.

The bump will develop a white or yellow head, which evidence that the oil is trapped in a pore of your skin.

Toothpaste dries up the oil and may make the bump significantly smaller overnight.

Removing a blackhead may seem like a simple task but extracting a bump without preparing your skin can be disastrous.

Wipe away the extracted bump with a cotton swab tip that has been moistened in antiseptic.

Depending on your level of sensitivity to the bite, a bump may be the only symptom of bedbugs.

Soften the blackhead with the juice two to three times daily until the bump is gone.

In addition to hard hats, Bullard offers bump caps.

Bullard even offers a bump cap in a baseball cap style.

Concerns I've got terrible backache My bump's making jerky movements Want to know more?

If you had to change line and say you hit a bump, then I don't know where you'd end up.

Reasonable approach, with only a slight bump on the wing wall.

Five days is just a tiny bump compared to what can happen.

In her innocence she ruins all their plans and proves impervious to their attempts to bump her off.

They do not use sight or smell - just move up the plant hoping to bump into a tasty morsel.

Club hit, ' The Bump & Grind ', one of the many mighty Friendly productions fired out, invoked sheer Pandemonium.

And then I bump back into reality, knowing I would always be too prosaic, and just say a car.

The fact that no two sites are exactly the same creates a roadblock or speed bump for each new visitor.