bump

I UK [bʌmp] / US verb
Word forms "bump":
present tense I/you/we/they bump he/she/it bumps present participle bumping past tense bumped past participle bumped
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1)

a) [transitive] to accidentally hit part of your body against something, making it hurt

Be careful not to bump your head.

bump something on/against something:

I bumped my knee on the corner of the desk.

b) [intransitive/transitive] to hit against something solid once or many times

Small boats were bumping against the wooden pier.

2) [intransitive] to move with rough up and down movements, especially over a surface that is not even

bump across/along/over etc:

The plane bumped slowly across the field.

3)

a) [transitive, usually passive] tourism informal to tell someone who has bought a ticket for a plane seat that they cannot fly because the airline has sold too many tickets

b) American informal to take someone's job away from them

Phrasal verbs:

- bump along

- bump into

- bump off

- bump up

- bump up against

II UK [bʌmp] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "bump":
singular bump plural bumps

1)

a) a raised part on a surface

Every time I went over a bump in the road, my bicycle chain came off.

b) a raised part on your skin where you have been injured

Her body was covered in bumps and bruises.

2) a hit or knock to a part of your body

She got a nasty bump on the back of her head.

a) a hit or knock against something solid

We felt the bump and knew the boat had run aground.

b) the sound of something hitting against something solid

3) British a minor car accident

III UK [bʌmp] / US adverb

- things that go bump in the night