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A light blow or jolting collision.
sustantivo
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A light blow or jolting collision.
His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.
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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.
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A protuberance on a level surface.
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A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.
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obsoletoOne of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind.
the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.
Another, with the bump of order unnaturally developed, had his folios and quartos all reduced, in binding, to one size, so that they might look even on his bookshelves.
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anticuadoOne of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. The faculty itself.
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The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
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The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
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A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
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A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
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jergaA dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
“They're getting their drugs mixed up,” she said. “If someone did a line of coke, it would be a very different size than if someone did a bump of ketamine, right? So if they're thinking it's cocaine and they do a line, they could go into a k-hole and be completely unable to move for hours. Maybe not hours, but for a while.”
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A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
We sing […] "God Save the Queen" done in mime and finally "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley" to a Hawaiian rock with Phoebe doing the bump.
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In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
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A coarse cotton fabric.
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A training match for a fighting dog.
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jergaThe jaw of either of the middle pockets.
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jergaMusic, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
Call me the juice and you know I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
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A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
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A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
For example, chain bumping, in which a bump by one employee initiates a series of consecutive bumps down a progression line before a layoff results, produces the greatest average number of reassignments per redundant employee.
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In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
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A minor problem or difficulty.
"I'll try my best, but we still have a few bumps to work out," Ryder muttered.
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A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
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An undercover contact or staged encounter used to elicit information, prompt a reaction, or arrange a follow-up meeting with a suspect or person of interest.
Etimología
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. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.
verbo
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To knock against or run into with a jolt.
Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.
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To move up or down by a step; displace.
I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
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To post 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.
As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "bump" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.
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To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
Heat until the liquid bumps, then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.
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To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]
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To move the time of (a scheduled event).
A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
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To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
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To increase (a version number).
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arcaicoTo make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
as a bittern bumps within a reed
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anticuadoTo spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
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jergaTo assassinate; to bump off.
You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?
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To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
Employees with 2 years or more, and less than 8 years plant seniority, may bump a probationary employee.
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anticuadoTo anger, irritate.
After his ancestors had been browbeaten by the Puritans, and his ancestors had been driven out by the early pioneers [...], if he learned that a magnificent bronze statue is to be erected to his ancestors; wouldn't it bump an Indian?
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In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
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jergaTo play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
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jergaTo encounter and stop, to catch.
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To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
The car bumped over the dirt road.
interjección
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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.
sustantivo
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The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
Etimología
From Early Modern English; onomatopoeic.
verbo
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Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
Formas
- plural
- bumps
- pasado
- bumped
- participio
- bumped
- gerundio
- bumping
- 3.ª persona del singular
- bumps