bump

Senso (English)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

lump

swelling

protuberance

knock

hit

strike

hump

bulge

blow

knob

jolt

collide

push

bang

knot

🪢

crash

jostle

shove

touch

shake

impact

jerk

thump

excrescence

blister

collision

💥

gnarl

protrusion

butt

toss

tuber

vibrate

nudge

rock

🪨

shock

⚡

stroke

prominence

ram

🐏

projection

knoll

jounce

mound

slam

clout

impinge

ledge

jut

smash

concussion

buffet

rattle

hill

clump

relegate

dislodge

roll

rump

buttocks

run into

bounce

set-off

shiver

shoulder

break

encounter

jar

🫙

extrusion

kick

sway

swell

swing

knock against

teat

find

🔍

knock over

thrust

thud

ram into

tremble

heap

tumor

lug

boil

nodule

arse

whack

bunion

oscillate

wobble

outgrowth

gibbosity

kick downstairs

gibbousness

percussion

poke

demote

quake

run against

salient

scar

screw

shoot

shroud

slap

slat

smite

snag

sore

sphere

stamp

steep

stir up

striking

stumbling

swat

tap

thrash

throw

tit

tramp

transit

trip

troll

🧌

tuberosity

tumour

turgidity

turgidness

twitch

unevenness

upsurge

welt

wen

whelp

whirl

whop

wrap

crash against

tumefaction

push into

hit against

flanch

make anxious

tumidness

meet unexpectedly

birle

shaft collar

push slightly

rock burst

shock bump

pressure bump

Flg flange

accident

impaction collide

ass

🍑

auditive

auditory

aural

ball

bash

beat

beating

belt

birl

blast

bonk

boss

brush

bum

bumping

bump into

bunt

campaign

chance

🎲

chatter

chop

clack

clash

clatter

clear out

clink

clip

clobber

collide with

come across

contest

convexity

coup

crackup

cripple

crowd

crump

cudgel

cuff

cumulus

curl

ding

distension

drive

ear

👂

edema

elbow

eminence

flange

flaring

flatulence

flatulency

flick

force out

fuck

👉👌

full

grain

handle

happen

headbutt

hillock

hilly

hummock

hunch

impaction

impingement

impinge on

impinging

inflation

jab

joggle

knockdown

larrup

lid

lip

loop

➿

maul

node

noise

obliterate

override

pelt

pimple

pitch

puff

punch

👊

push aside

rap

reeding

reel

revolve

rim

rotate

rub

run

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bʌmp/

Etimologia (English)

Cognate with danese: bump

Cognate with danese: bumpe

Cognate with inglese medio: bumben

Cognate with olandese: bommen

Cognate with tedesco: bummen

Cognate with islandese: 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”). 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”), probably of imitative origin. More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.