bump

bump is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
2. intransitive verb. To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
3. noun. A thump; a heavy blow.
4. noun. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
5. noun. One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "venerationacquisitiveness."

   "the bump of"

6. noun. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
7. intransitive verb. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
8. noun. The noise made by the bittern.
9. noun. an impact (as from a collision)

   "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

   Synonyms: blow

10. noun. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

    "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"

    "the hump of a camel"

    Synonyms: bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

11. noun. a lump on the body caused by a blow
12. verb. knock against with force or violence

    "My car bumped into the tree"

    Synonyms: knock

13. verb. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

    "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

    Synonyms: dislodge

14. verb. dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

    "bump and grind"

15. verb. come upon, as if by accident; meet with

    "We find this idea in Plato"

    "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"

    Synonyms: chance, encounter, find, happen

16. verb. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

    "She was demoted because she always speaks up"

    "He was broken down to Sergeant"

    Synonyms: break, demote, relegate

Synonyms

blow, bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, knock, dislodge, chance, encounter, find, happen, break, demote, relegate

Common word forms

bumps, bumped, bumper, bumping, bumpity

Words from these letters

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