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verb (used with object)
1.
to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike: His car bumped a truck.
2.
to cause to strike or collide: He bumped the car against a tree.
3.
to dislodge or displace by the force of collision.
4.
Informal. to dislodge; to appropriate the privileges of: When the general found there were no additional seats on the plane, he bumped a major. The airline bumped me from the flight.
5.
EXPANDto demote, promote, or dismiss: He was bumped from his job.
verb (used without object)
8.
to come in contact or collide with (often followed by against or into): She bumped into me.
9.
to bounce along; proceed in a series of jolts: The old car bumped down the road.
10.
11.
to boil with violent jolts caused by the sudden eruption of large bubbles through the surface.
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Bump into
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
noun
Verb phrases12.
an act or instance of bumping; collision; blow.
13.
the shock of a blow or collision.
14.
a swelling or contusion from a blow.
15.
a small area raised above the level of the surrounding surface; protuberance: He tripped over a bump on a road.
16.
EXPANDInformal. a promotion or demotion; transfer to a higher or lower level: He got a bump to vice president of the company.
21.
bump into, Informal. to meet by chance: I bumped into an old friend yesterday.
22.
bump off, Slang. to kill, especially to murder: They bumped him off because he knew too much.
Origin:
1560–70; imitative
1560–70; imitative
Related forms
bump·ing·ly, adverb
un·bumped, adjective
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| bump into | |
| —vb | |
| informal (intr, preposition) to meet by chance; encounter unexpectedly | |
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Word Origin & History
bump
1610s, verb and noun, perhaps from Scandinavian, probably echoic, original sense was "hitting" then of "swelling from being hit." Also has a long association with obsolete bum "to make a booming noise," which perhaps influenced surviving senses like bumper crop, for something full to the brim. To bump
EXPANDinto "meet" is from 1880s; to bump off "kill" is 1908 in underworld slang.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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