bump
Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning…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.
Meaning
1 senses(Internet)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.
Examples
237 sentencesTom bumped into Mary.
Том випадково зустрів Мері. — deniko
ruТом налетел на Мэри. — marafon
deTom traf auf Maria. — Yorwba
The truck bumped into a car.
ruГрузовик врезался в машину. — marafon
deDer Lastwagen stieß in ein Auto. — Espi
The truck bumped into our car.
Tom always keeps bumping into things.
I bumped into Tom in Boston.
Origin
From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North GermaFrom 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.
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