Meaning

36 senses
  1. (countable)A light blow or jolting collision.

    His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.

    an impact (as from a collision)

  2. A light blow or jolting collision.

    (countable)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.

  3. The sound of such a collision.

    (broadly, countable, informal)Any light sound.

    He heard bumps in the night.

  4. A light blow or jolting collision.

    (countable)A fist bump.

    I held my fist up, and he gave me a bump before leaving.

  5. (countable)A car accident, usually a small one.

    I had a bump last time I drove into the city.

  6. (countable)A collision, especially a fall.

    Did you see the bump he took last night?

  7. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A dose of a drug, such as ketamine or cocaine, snorted; a small dose of a snorted drug.

  8. (countable, informal)A conflict.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A protuberance on a flat surface or a straight line.

    Be careful of that bump in the road.

    The boundary between Estonia and Russia has a bump north of that town.

  10. A protuberance on a flat surface or a straight line.

    (countable, uncountable)A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

    Beule

    ши́шкаšíška, о́пухольópuxolʹ

  11. (countable)A bouffant hairstyle; the puffy upper part of such a hairstyle.

    She looks great with that bump Kelly gave her at the salon.

  12. (countable)The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

Examples

237 sentences
  1. Tom bumped into Mary.

    Том випадково зустрів Мері.

    ruТом налетел на Мэри.

    deTom traf auf Maria.

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  2. The truck bumped into a car.

    ruГрузовик врезался в машину.

    deDer Lastwagen stieß in ein Auto.

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  3. The truck bumped into our car.

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  4. Tom always keeps bumping into things.

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  5. I bumped into Tom in Boston.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
a light blow or jolting collision:
a protuberance on a level surface:
a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury:
phrenological protuberance and associated aptitude:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
a light blow or jolting collision:
the sound of such a collision:
a protuberance on a level surface:
a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury:

Origin

From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germa

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.

From Early Modern English; onomatopoeic.

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