From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bump \Bump\, v. i. [See Boom to roar.]
To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to
boom.
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As a bittern bumps within a reed. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bump \Bump\, n.
The noise made by the bittern.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bump \Bump\ (b[u^]mp; 215), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped
(b[u^]mpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.] [Cf. W. pwmp round
mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to
roar.]
To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to
thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bump \Bump\, v. i.
To come in violent contact with something; to thump. "Bumping
and jumping." --Southey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bump \Bump\, n. [From Bump to strike, to thump.]
1. A thump; a heavy blow.
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2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a
protuberance.
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It had upon its brow
A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. --Shak.
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3. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are
associated with distinct faculties or affections of the
mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of
"acquisitiveness." [Colloq.]
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4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with
the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bump
n 1: a lump on the body caused by a blow
2: 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"; "he stood on the rocky
prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed";
"the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge,
bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion,
extrusion, excrescence]
3: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the
bicycle" [syn: blow, bump]
v 1: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into
the tree" [syn: bump, knock]
2: 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"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in
the bookstore the other day" [syn: find, happen,
chance, bump, encounter]
3: dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward;
"bump and grind"
4: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to
Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, {kick
downstairs}] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs,
promote, raise, upgrade]
5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously
occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her
office space" [syn: dislodge, bump]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
bump
Increment. E.g. C's ++ operator. It is used especially of
counter variables, pointers and index dummies in "for",
"while", and "do-while" loops.
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From Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) [jargon]:
bump
vt.
Synonym for increment. Has the same meaning as C's ++ operator. Used
esp. of counter variables, pointers, and index dummies in for, while,
and do-while loops.