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bump

  • noun
  • /bʌmp/

A light blow or jolting collision.

Example

“His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.”

Other meanings

  1. The sound of such a collision.

    “He heard a loud bump and saw the front part of his car was broken and the driver of the other car was running to apologise.”

  2. A protuberance on a level surface.

Example sentences

  • “This post is worth a bump!”

    Tatoeba · helloroto · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bump” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.