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bump

English

  1. 🔊 a lump on the body caused by a blow
  2. 🔊 an impact (as from a collision)
    “the bump threw him off the bicycle”
  3. 🔊 something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
    “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”
  4. 🔊 knock against with force or violence
    “My car bumped into the tree”
  5. 🔊 dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
    “bump and grind”
  6. 🔊 remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
    “The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space”
  7. 🔊 assign to a lower position
    “She was demoted because she always speaks up”
  8. 🔊 come upon, as if by accident
    “We find this idea in Plato”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 pupa bump, especially a cold sore
  2. 🔊 golpe bump, bang, bash (sound of a blow or dull impact)

Similar words

blow bulge hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence knock dislodge find happen chance encounter demote relegate break kick downstairs cat abase