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\Bump\, v. i. [See Boom to roar.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed. --Dryden.
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\Bump\, n. The noise made by the bittern.
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\Bump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped; p.
pr. &
vb. n. Bumping.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
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\Bump\, v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. ``Bumping and jumping.'' --Southey.
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\Bump\, n. [From Bump to strike, to thump.] 1. A thump; a heavy blow.
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. --Shak.
3. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of ``veneration;'' the bump of ``acquisitiveness.'' [Colloq.]
4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
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n 1: a lump on the body caused by a blow 2: something that protrudes [syn: bulge, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 3: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" [syn: blow] v 1: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: knock] 2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: find, happen, chance, hit, encounter] 3: dance erotically, as in "bump and grind": dance with the pelvis thrust forward 4: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up" [syn: demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: promote] 5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" [syn: dislodge, displace]
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vt. Synonym for increment. Has the same meaning as C's++ operator. Used esp. of counter variables, pointers, and indexdummies in `for', `while', and `do-while' loops.
