noun
- A lump on the body caused by a blow.
- Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: bulge, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
- An impact (as from a collision. )
- usage: "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
- synonyms: blow
verb
- Knock against with force or violence.
- usage: "My car bumped into the tree"
- synonyms: knock
- Come upon, as if by accident; meet with.
- usage: "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"
- Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward.
- usage: "bump and grind"
- Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.
- usage: "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
- synonyms: demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs
- Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.
- usage: "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
- synonyms: dislodge
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