Definition: an impact (as from a collision)
Usage: the bump threw him off the bicycle
Main entry: protrusion, protuberance, prominence, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, excrescence, extrusion, bulge, bump, swelling
Definition: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Usage: the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge; the hump of a camel; he stood on the rocky prominence; the occipital protuberance was well developed; the bony excrescence between its horns
Main entry: bump
Definition: a lump on the body caused by a blow
Definition: knock against with force or violence
Usage: My car bumped into the tree
Definition: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
Usage: The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space
Main entry: bump
Definition: dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
Usage: bump and grind
Main entry: bump, chance, find, encounter, happen
Definition: come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Usage: 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
Main entry: demote, kick downstairs, relegate, break, bump
Definition: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Usage: She was demoted because she always speaks up; He was broken down to Sergeant