bump

(Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A light blow or jolting collision.
2. (countable, uncountable) The sound of such a collision.
3. (countable, uncountable) A protuberance on a level surface.
4. (countable, uncountable) A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymic) the faculty itself
6. (countable, uncountable) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
7. (countable, uncountable) The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
8. (Internet, countable, uncountable) 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.
9. (countable, uncountable) A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
10. (countable, slang, uncountable) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
11. (countable, uncountable) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
12. (countable, uncountable) In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
13. (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
14. (countable, uncountable) A training match for a fighting dog.
15. (countable, slang, uncountable) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
16. (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
17. (US, countable, uncountable) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
18. (countable, uncountable) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
19. (countable, uncountable) 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.
20. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A minor problem or difficulty.
21. (countable, uncountable) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.

Verb

1. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
2. To move up or down by a step; displace.
3. (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.
4. (physical) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
5. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
6. (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
7. (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
8. (archaic, intransitive) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
9. (dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
10. (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
11. (transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
12. (colloquial, dated) To anger, irritate.
13. 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.
14. (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
15. (US, slang) To encounter and stop, to catch.
16. (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.

Intj

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.

Verb

Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bʌmp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à danois: bump

Appartenant à danois: bumpe

Appartenant à moyen anglais: bumben

Appartenant à néerlandais: bommen

Appartenant à allemand: bummen

Appartenant à islandais: bumba

In summary

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.

Concepts

bosse

cogner

heurter

protubérance

saillie

enflure

bousculer

gibbosité

proturbance

coup

secousse

trouver

🔍

choc

heurt

💥

niquer

👉👌

percuter

reconnaître

reléguer

rencontrer

souffler

aspérité

cahot

dos d’âne

excroissance

extrusion

rétrograder

gonflement

ballon

boum

💥

bourrade

buter

casser

choquer

colline

découvrir

dégrader

élévation

fourrer

frapper

baiser

😗

Synonymes

lump

swelling

protuberance

knock

hit

strike

hump

blow

bulge

knob

jolt

collide

push

bang

knot

🪢

crash

jostle

touch

shake

🫨

impact

shove

thump

jerk

excrescence

blister

collision

💥

protrusion

gnarl

butt

tuber

vibrate

stroke

toss

shock

⚡

prominence

ram

🐏

nudge

rock

🪨

ledge

jut

concussion

jounce

knoll

slam

impinge

smash

clout

mound

projection

buttocks