Bump | Mean of bump in English Dictionary

/ˈbʌmp/

• Verb
• to hit (something, such as part of your body) against an object in a sudden and forceful way
1. I have a bruise from where I bumped my head.
2. He bumped his head against the shelf.
3. I fell and bumped my elbow on the floor.
• to hit and move (someone or something)
1. Be careful not to bump the vase.
2. You nearly bumped me off/over the edge!
3. The jolt bumped him right out of his seat.
4. He accidentally bumped [=knocked] my drink out of my hand when he passed by.
• to move into or against (someone or something) in a sudden and forceful way
1. They bumped into us from behind.
2. The boat bumped against the pier.
3. The boat bumped up against the pier.
4. They're bumping (up) against the limits of technology.

• to move (someone or something) to a different level, position, rank, etc.
1. The TV show will be bumped to a new time.
2. Increasing fuel costs are bumping the company's prices higher.
• to remove (someone or something) from a group or position
1. The loss bumped us out of first place.
2. The flight was overbooked, and I was the first to be bumped. [=my seat on the flight was the first seat to be given to someone else]
• to move in an up and down motion over a rough surface
1. The truck bumped along the dirt road.
• to meet (someone) by chance
1. I bumped into [=ran into] a friend at the store.
• to murder (someone)
1. He knew too much, so they bumped him off.
• to move (something or someone) to a higher level, position, rank, etc.
1. Prices are being bumped up. [=raised]
2. They're bumping her up [=promoting her] to district manager.
• Noun
• an area of skin that is raised because it was hit, injured, etc.
1. He wound up with a few minor bumps and bruises from the fight.
2. Feel this bump [=lump] on the back of my head.
• a small raised area on a surface
1. The car hit a bump (in the road).
2. His career hit a bump in the road. = His career hit a road bump. [=something happened that slowed the progress of his career]
3. When you're doing something for the first time, you're bound to hit a few bumps along the way.
• an act of something hitting against something else
1. Did you feel/hear a bump?
2. The airplane landed with a bump. [=the airplane went up again and then down when it hit the ground]
• the act of pushing the hips forward in a sexual way
1. a dancer doing the bump and grind