Bump

English Meaning

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

1. To strike or collide with.
2. To cause to knock against an obstacle.
3. To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
4. To shake up and down; jolt: bumped the child on her knee; was bumped about on a rough flight.
5. To displace from a position within a group or organization.
6. To deprive (a passenger) of a reserved seat because of overbooking.
7. To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline.
8. Sports To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.
9. To hit or knock against something.
10. To proceed with jerks and jolts: bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain.
11. Sports To bump a volleyball.
12. A blow, collision, or jolt.
13. The sound of something bumping: heard a loud bump in the dark.
14. A raised or rounded spot; a bulge.
15. A slight swelling or lump.
16. Something, such as unevenness or a hole in a road, that causes a bump.
17. A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.
18. One of the natural protuberances on the human skull, considered to have significance in phrenology.
19. A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
20. Sports A pass in volleyball made by redirecting the ball with the inside of the forearms, especially when extended and held together.
21. Slang A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.
22. bump into To meet by chance: I often bump into him at the supermarket.
23. bump off Slang To murder.