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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/bʌmp/}} |
* {{IPA|en|/bʌmp/|[bɐm̥p]}} |
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* {{IPA|en|/bʌmp/|[bʌm̥p]|[bɐm̥p]|a=GA}} |
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* {{audio|en|En-au-bump.ogg|a= |
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* {{rhymes|en|ʌmp|s=1}} |
* {{rhymes|en|ʌmp|s=1}} |
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===Etymology 1=== |
===Etymology 1=== |
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From Early Modern English {{m|en|bump|t=a shock, blow from a collision |
From Early Modern English {{m|en||bump|t=a shock, blow from a collision}}, probably of {{der|en|gmq|-}} origin; compare {{cog|da|bump|t=a thump}}, {{cog|da|bumpe|t=to thump}}, {{cog|gmq-oda|bumpe|t=to strike with a clenched fist}}, all probably of {{onom|en|title=imitative}} origin. |
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Apparently related to {{cog|enm|bumben}}, {{m|enm|bummen|t=to make a hollow noise}}, {{cog|nl|bommen|t=to hum, buzz}}, {{cog|nds-de|bumsen|t=to bump, push}}, {{cog|de|bummen|t=to hum, buzz}}, {{cog|is|bumba|t=drum}}. More at {{l|en|bum}}, {{l|en|bumble}}. Compare also {{l|en|bomb}}. |
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#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet|I|iii|passage=It had upon its brow / A '''bump''' as big as a young cockerel's stone.}} |
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet|I|iii|passage=It had upon its brow / A '''bump''' as big as a young cockerel's stone.}} |
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# {{lb|en|obsolete}} One of the [[protuberance]]s on the [[cranium]] which, in [[phrenology]], are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also {{lb|en|dated|metonymically}} the faculty itself |
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} One of the [[protuberance]]s on the [[cranium]] which, in [[phrenology]], are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also {{lb|en|dated|metonymically}} the faculty itself |
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#: {{co|en|the '''bump''' of veneration; the '''bump''' of acquisitiveness}} |
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#*c.'''1845''' Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) [https://archive.org/details/youngirelandfrag01duffuoft/page/100 ''Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision''] (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100: |
#* c.'''1845''' Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) [https://archive.org/details/youngirelandfrag01duffuoft/page/100 ''Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision''] (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100: |
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#*:Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their '''bump''' of self-esteem and suppressing the '''bumps''' of servility and fury. |
#*: Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their '''bump''' of self-esteem and suppressing the '''bumps''' of servility and fury. |
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#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1902|title= The Enemies of Books|author= |
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1902|title= The Enemies of Books|author=w:William Blades|page=102|edition=2nd|text=Another, with the '''bump''' of order unnaturally developed, had his folios and quartos all reduced, in binding, to one size, so that they might look even on his bookshelves.}} |
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# {{lb|en|rowing}} The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead. |
# {{lb|en|rowing}} 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]]. |
# The swollen [[abdomen]] of a [[pregnant]] [[woman]]. |
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#: {{syn|en|baby bump}} |
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# {{lb|en|Internet}} 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. |
# {{lb|en|Internet}} 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]]. |
# A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a [[graph]]. |
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#: {{ux|en|US presidential nominees get a post-convention '''bump''' in survey ratings.}} |
#: {{ux|en|US presidential nominees get a post-convention '''bump''' in survey ratings.}} |
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# {{lb|en|slang}} A dose of a drug such as [[ketamine]] or [[cocaine]], when snorted [[recreationally]]. |
# {{lb|en|slang}} A dose of a drug such as [[ketamine]] or [[cocaine]], when snorted [[recreationally]]. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2019-08-09|author=Joshua Azizi|title=Shambhala Music Festival makes harm reduction a priority|journal= |
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2019-08-09|author=Joshua Azizi|title=Shambhala Music Festival makes harm reduction a priority|journal=w:The Georgia Straight|url=https://www.straight.com/music/1284111/shambhala-music-festival-makes-harm-reduction-priority|passage=“They're getting their drugs mixed up,” she said. “If someone did a line of coke, it would be a very different size than if someone did a '''bump''' of ketamine, right? So if they're thinking it's cocaine and they do a line, they could go into a k-hole and be completely unable to move for hours. Maybe not hours, but for a while.”}} |
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# {{lb|en|preceded by definite article}} A [[disco]] [[dance]] in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together. |
# {{lb|en|preceded by definite article}} A [[disco]] [[dance]] in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together. |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1979|author=Robert English|publisher=Eden Paperbacks|title=Toxic Kisses|page=32|passage=We sing [...] "God Save the Queen" done in mime and finally "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley" to a Hawaiian rock with Phoebe doing the '''bump'''.}} |
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# In [[skipping]], a single [[jump]] over two consecutive [[turn]]s of the [[rope]]. |
# In [[skipping]], a single [[jump]] over two consecutive [[turn]]s of the [[rope]]. |
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# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A coarse cotton fabric. |
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A coarse cotton fabric. |
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# {{lb|en|snooker|slang}} The {{l|en|jaw|id=snooker}} of either of the middle {{l|en|pocket|pockets|id=snooker}}. |
# {{lb|en|snooker|slang}} The {{l|en|jaw|id=snooker}} of either of the middle {{l|en|pocket|pockets|id=snooker}}. |
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# {{lb|en|US|slang|uncountable}} Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong [[bass]] frequency response. |
# {{lb|en|US|slang|uncountable}} Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong [[bass]] frequency response. |
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#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist=Jordan Houston |
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist=Jordan Houston; Darnell Carlton; Paul Beauregard; Premro Smith; Marlon Goodwin; David Brown; Willie Hutchinson| passage=Call me the juice and you know I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some '''bump''' in the trunk.| url=https://genius.com/Three-6-mafia-stay-fly-lyrics|title=Stay Fly| publisher=Sony BMG| year=2005| album=Most Known Unknown| artist=Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG)}} |
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# {{lb|en|US|broadcasting}} A short, self-promotional [[spot]] on a [[radio]] or [[television]] station. |
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# {{lb|en|industrial relations}} A [[reassignment]] of [[job]]s within an [[organization]] (for example, when an existing [[employee]] leaves) on the basis of [[seniority]]. |
# {{lb|en|industrial relations}} A [[reassignment]] of [[job]]s within an [[organization]] (for example, when an existing [[employee]] leaves) on the basis of [[seniority]]. |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1985|author=Peter B. Doeringer; Michael J. Piore|title=Internal Labor Markets and Manpower Analysis|page=55 |
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|passage=For example, chain bumping, in which a '''bump''' by one employee initiates a series of consecutive '''bumps''' down a progression line before a layoff results, produces the greatest average number of reassignments per redundant employee.}} |
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# {{lb|en|card games}} In the game of [[khanhoo]], the act of claiming a newly [[discard]]ed card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a [[meld]] other than a [[sequence]]. |
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# {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[minor]] [[problem]] or [[difficulty]]. |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Dianna Love|title=Slye Team Black Ops 3-book box set |
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|passage="I'll try my best, but we still have a few '''bumps''' to work out," Ryder muttered.}} |
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=====Derived terms===== |
=====Derived terms===== |
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{{der3|en|title=Terms derived from ''bump'' (noun)|baby bump|bump and grind|[[bumpfire]], [[bump-fire]], [[bump fire]]|bump in the road|bumpity|[[bump stock]], [[bump-stock]], [[bumpstock]]|bumpy|elbow bump|fist bump|like a bump on a log|razor bump|speed bump|things that go bump in the night|birthday bump|booty bump|bump ball|bump cap|bump mapping|bump supper|bump-off|bump-start|chest bump|Colbert bump|convention bump|ghost bump|goose bump|key bump|lie bump|mobile speed bump|necro bump|necro-bump|prayer bump|shaving bump|solder bump|traffic bump|Trump bump|with a bump}} |
{{der3|en|title=Terms derived from ''bump'' (noun)|baby bump|bump and grind|[[bumpfire]], [[bump-fire]], [[bump fire]]|bump in the road|bumpity|[[bump stock]], [[bump-stock]], [[bumpstock]]|bumpy|elbow bump|fist bump|like a bump on a log|razor bump|speed bump|things that go bump in the night|birthday bump|booty bump|bump ball|bump cap|bump mapping|bump supper|bump-off|bump-start|chest bump|Colbert bump|convention bump|ghost bump|goose bump|headbump|key bump|lie bump|mobile speed bump|necro bump|necro-bump|prayer bump|shaving bump|solder bump|traffic bump|Trump bump|with a bump|bump-in|bump-out|Jersey bump|power bump|bebump|bumpage|Bumpit|bumpless|bumplike|bumpoff|bumpology|bumpometer|fistbump|microbump|multibump}} |
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=====Translations===== |
=====Translations===== |
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* German: {{t+|de|Schlag|m}}, {{t+|de|Stoß|m}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Schlag|m}}, {{t+|de|Stoß|m}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|colpetto}}, {{t+|it|botta}} |
* Italian: {{t|it|colpetto}}, {{t+|it|botta}} |
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* Macedonian: {{t|mk|удар|m}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|rutunga}} |
* Maori: {{t|mi|rutunga}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|stłuczka|f}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stłuczka|f}} |
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* Galician: {{t|gl|trambullada|f}}, {{t|gl|zoupada|f}}, {{t|gl|zarroada|f}}, {{t|gl|sapoirada|f}} |
* Galician: {{t|gl|trambullada|f}}, {{t|gl|zoupada|f}}, {{t|gl|zarroada|f}}, {{t|gl|sapoirada|f}} |
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* German: {{t|de|Bums|m}}, {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|de|Plumps|m}} |
* German: {{t|de|Bums|m}}, {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|de|Plumps|m}} |
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* Macedonian: {{t|mk|туп|m}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|bum}}, {{t+|pl|łup}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|bum}}, {{t+|pl|łup}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estrondo|m}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estrondo|m}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|bozzo|m}}, {{t+|it|gnocco|m}}, {{t+|it|protuberanza|f}}, {{t+|it|gonfiore}} |
* Italian: {{t|it|bozzo|m}}, {{t+|it|gnocco|m}}, {{t+|it|protuberanza|f}}, {{t+|it|gonfiore}} |
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* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}} |
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}} |
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* Macedonian: {{t|mk|испупчување|n}} |
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* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}} |
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}} |
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* Norwegian: |
* Norwegian: |
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*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kul|m}} |
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kul|m}} |
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*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kul|m}} |
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kul|m}} |
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* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|یومرو|tr=yumru}}, {{t|ota|طوپاق|tr=topak}} |
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* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Knubbel|m}} |
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Knubbel|m}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|wybój|m}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wybój|m}} |
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* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}} |
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Beule|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Beule|f}} |
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* Ingrian: {{t|izh|pahko}}, {{t|izh|muhku}}, {{t|izh|muna}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|bozzo|m}}, {{t+|it|gnocco|m}} |
* Italian: {{t|it|bozzo|m}}, {{t+|it|gnocco|m}} |
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* Javanese: {{t|jv|kucing}} |
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|kucing}} |
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* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}} |
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}} |
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* Latin: {{t+|la|tūber|n}} |
* Latin: {{t+|la|tūber|n}} |
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* Macedonian: {{t|mk|оток|m}}, {{t|mk|бабнатина|f}} |
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* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}} |
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuhmu}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuhmu}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|bosse|f}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|bosse|f}} |
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#: {{ux|en|I '''bumped''' the font size up to make my document easier to read.}} |
#: {{ux|en|I '''bumped''' the font size up to make my document easier to read.}} |
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# {{lb|en|Internet}} 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. |
# {{lb|en|Internet}} 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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#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Barbara Horrell |
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Barbara Horrell; Christine Stephens; Mary Breheny|title=Online Research with Informal Caregivers: Opportunities and Challenges|journal=Qualitative Research in Psychology| year=2015| doi=10.1080/14780887.2015.1040318| volume=12| issue=3| page=264| passage=As in [the online forum] ''carersvoicesnz'', certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "'''bump'''" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.}} |
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# {{lb|en|chemistry|of a superheated liquid}} To suddenly [[boil]], causing movement of the [[vessel]] and loss of liquid. |
# {{lb|en|physical chemistry|of a superheated liquid}} To suddenly [[boil]], causing movement of the [[vessel]] and loss of liquid. |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1916|author=Albert Prescott Mathews|title=Physiological chemistry| passage=Heat until the liquid '''bumps''', then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1916|author=Albert Prescott Mathews|title=Physiological chemistry| passage=Heat until the liquid '''bumps''', then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.}} |
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To move (a booked passenger) to a later [[flight]] because of earlier delays or cancellations. |
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To move (a booked passenger) to a later [[flight]] because of earlier delays or cancellations. |
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|passage=Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers '''bumped''' off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' {{...}}}} |
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To move the time of (a scheduled event). |
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To move the time of (a scheduled event). |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Nancy Conner; Matthew MacDonald|title=Office 2010: The Missing Manual|page=332 |
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|passage=A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got '''bumped''' to 3:30.}} |
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins. |
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins. |
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# {{lb|en|intransitive|archaic}} To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to [[boom]]. |
# {{lb|en|intransitive|archaic}} To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to [[boom]]. |
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#* {{RQ:Dryden Fables|The Wife of Bathe's Tale |
#* {{RQ:Dryden Fables|The Wife of Bathe's Tale |
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|passage=as a bittern '''bumps''' within a reed}} |
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# {{lb|en|printing|dated}} To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages. |
# {{lb|en|printing|dated}} To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages. |
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# {{lb|en|slang|transitive}} To [[assassinate]]; to [[bump off]]. |
# {{lb|en|slang|transitive}} To [[assassinate]]; to [[bump off]]. |
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#*: You know about the night the kid '''bumped''' Brody? |
#*: You know about the night the kid '''bumped''' Brody? |
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# {{lb|en|industrial relations|transitive}} To [[displace]] (another employee in an organization) on the basis of [[seniority]]. |
# {{lb|en|industrial relations|transitive}} To [[displace]] (another employee in an organization) on the basis of [[seniority]]. |
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|passage=Employees with 2 years or more, and less than 8 years plant seniority, may '''bump''' a probationary employee.}} |
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# {{lb|en|colloquial|dated}} To [[anger]], [[irritate]]. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Wouldn't It Make You Mad|journal=San Francisco Examiner|date=September 25 1911|text=After his ancestors had been browbeaten by the Puritans, and his ancestors had been driven out by the early pioneers [...], if he learned that a magnificent bronze statue is to be erected to his ancestors; wouldn't it '''bump''' an Indian?}} |
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# {{lb|en|card games}} In the game of [[khanhoo]], to claim a newly [[discard]]ed card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a [[meld]] other than a [[sequence]]. |
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# {{lb|en|slang}} To play music through a [[speaker]], often loudly and in public. |
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# {{lb|en|criminal slang|and|US|_|military slang|circa 1920–1950}} To [[encounter]] and [[stop]], to [[catch]].<!--stellen--><ref> |
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# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move while bumping up and down, such as a cart or car on rough ground. |
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#: {{ux|en|The car '''bumped over''' the dirt road.}} |
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=====Derived terms===== |
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|bump and grind|bump elbows|bump key|bump into|bump off|bump up|fist bump|bump nasties|bump uglies|chest-bump|bump purses|bump and run|rebump |
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|bumpable|bumpee|bumper|bump across|bump on}} |
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* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}} |
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|anrempeln}}, {{t+|de|anstoßen}} |
* German: {{t+|de|anrempeln}}, {{t+|de|anstoßen}} |
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* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bentur}} |
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* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}} |
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}} |
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* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}} |
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}} |
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* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}} |
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bater}}, {{t+|pt|esbarrar}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bater}}, {{t+|pt|esbarrar}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|ударя́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|уда́риться|pf}}; {{t+|ru|вреза́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вре́заться|pf}}; {{t+|ru|ната́лкиваться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|натолкну́ться|pf}} |
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* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}} |
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}} |
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* Thai: {{t-needed|th}} |
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}} |
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* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|chạm}} |
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|chạm}} |
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* White Hmong: {{t|mww|tsoo}} |
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# {{lb|en|internet}} {{n-g|Posted 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.}} |
# {{lb|en|internet}} {{n-g|Posted 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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[[Category:en:Dances]] |
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[[Category:en:Fabrics]] |
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===Etymology 2=== |
===Etymology 2=== |
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From Early Modern English; |
From Early Modern English; {{onom|en|nocap=1}}. |
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# Of a bittern, to make its [[characteristic]] breeding call. |
# Of a bittern, to make its [[characteristic]] breeding call. |
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===References=== |
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==Danish== |
==Danish== |
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# {{inflection of|da|bumpe||imp|nocat=1}} |
# {{inflection of|da|bumpe||imp|nocat=1}} |
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==Welsh== |
==Welsh== |
Latest revision as of 03:50, 29 September 2024
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bʌmp/, [bɐm̥p]
- (General American) IPA(key): /bʌmp/, [bʌm̥p], [bɐm̥p]
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌmp
Etymology 1
[edit]From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin.
Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.
Noun
[edit]bump (countable and uncountable, plural bumps)
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- The sound of such a collision.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.
- (obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself
- the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
- c.1845 Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100:
- Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.
- 1902, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, 2nd edition, page 102:
- Another, with the bump of order unnaturally developed, had his folios and quartos all reduced, in binding, to one size, so that they might look even on his bookshelves.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- Synonym: baby bump
- (Internet) 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.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- 2019 August 9, Joshua Azizi, “Shambhala Music Festival makes harm reduction a priority”, in The Georgia Straight[2]:
- “They're getting their drugs mixed up,” she said. “If someone did a line of coke, it would be a very different size than if someone did a bump of ketamine, right? So if they're thinking it's cocaine and they do a line, they could go into a k-hole and be completely unable to move for hours. Maybe not hours, but for a while.”
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
- 1979, Robert English, Toxic Kisses, Eden Paperbacks, page 32:
- We sing [...] "God Save the Queen" done in mime and finally "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley" to a Hawaiian rock with Phoebe doing the bump.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown[3], performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
- Call me the juice and you know I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- 1985, Peter B. Doeringer, Michael J. Piore, Internal Labor Markets and Manpower Analysis, page 55:
- For example, chain bumping, in which a bump by one employee initiates a series of consecutive bumps down a progression line before a layoff results, produces the greatest average number of reassignments per redundant employee.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- 2015, Dianna Love, Slye Team Black Ops 3-book box set:
- "I'll try my best, but we still have a few bumps to work out," Ryder muttered.
Derived terms
[edit]- baby bump
- bebump
- birthday bump
- booty bump
- bumpage
- bump and grind
- bump ball
- bump cap
- bumpfire, bump-fire, bump fire
- bump-in
- bump in the road
- Bumpit
- bumpity
- bumpless
- bumplike
- bump mapping
- bumpoff
- bump-off
- bumpology
- bumpometer
- bump-out
- bump-start
- bump stock, bump-stock, bumpstock
- bump supper
- bumpy
- chest bump
- Colbert bump
- convention bump
- elbow bump
- fistbump
- fist bump
- ghost bump
- goose bump
- headbump
- Jersey bump
- key bump
- lie bump
- like a bump on a log
- microbump
- mobile speed bump
- multibump
- necro-bump
- necro bump
- power bump
- prayer bump
- razor bump
- shaving bump
- solder bump
- speed bump
- things that go bump in the night
- traffic bump
- Trump bump
- with a bump
Translations
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Verb
[edit]bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
- (Internet) 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.
- 2015, Barbara Horrell, Christine Stephens, Mary Breheny, “Online Research with Informal Caregivers: Opportunities and Challenges”, in Qualitative Research in Psychology, volume 12, number 3, , page 264:
- As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "bump" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- 1916, Albert Prescott Mathews, Physiological chemistry:
- Heat until the liquid bumps, then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline, page 192:
- Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, page 332:
- A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (intransitive, archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Wife of Bathe’s Tale. As it was Written by Geffrey Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- as a bittern bumps within a reed
- (printing, dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- 1969, Major Collective Bargaining Agreements, volume 9:
- Employees with 2 years or more, and less than 8 years plant seniority, may bump a probationary employee.
- (colloquial, dated) To anger, irritate.
- 1911 September 25, “Wouldn't It Make You Mad”, in San Francisco Examiner:
- After his ancestors had been browbeaten by the Puritans, and his ancestors had been driven out by the early pioneers [...], if he learned that a magnificent bronze statue is to be erected to his ancestors; wouldn't it bump an Indian?
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.[1]
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, such as a cart or car on rough ground.
- The car bumped over the dirt road.
Derived terms
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Interjection
[edit]bump
- (Internet) Posted 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.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Early Modern English; onomatopoeic.
Noun
[edit]bump (countable and uncountable, plural bumps)
Verb
[edit]bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
References
[edit]- ^ Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 24
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic, compare English bump.
Pronunciation
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[edit]bump n (singular definite bumpet, plural indefinite bump)
Declension
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[edit]bump (form)
- imperative of bumpe
Welsh
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[edit]bump
- Soft mutation of pump (“five”).
Mutation
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