bump

nouns

a lump on the body caused by a blow
bump
is a type of (narrower)
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm, hurt, injury, trauma
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"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"
bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
an impact (as from a collision)
"the bump threw him off the bicycle"
blow, bump
is derived from
bumpy

verbs

knock against with force or violence
"My car bumped into the tree"
bump, knock
is derived from
bumper
see also
bump into
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"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"
bump, chance, encounter, find, happen
dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
"bump and grind"
bump
is a type of (narrower)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
"My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"
dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
"She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
see also
bump off
remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
"The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
bump, dislodge