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Bumps

/bʌmps/

A light blow or jolting collision.

📖 Definitions of "Bumps"

noun
  1. 1

    A light blow or jolting collision.

  2. 2

    The sound of such a collision.

  3. 3

    A protuberance on a level surface.

  4. 4

    A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

verb
  1. 1

    To knock against or run into with a jolt.

  2. 2

    To move up or down by a step; displace.

    "I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read."

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    (of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

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