bump

CEFRB1

/bʌmp/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small raised area on a surface or body.

  2. 02

    verb

    To hit something accidentally or move with a jolt.

Examples

  • Does bump mapping generate more graphics load than parallax?

  • We tried again to bump off the politician, but couldn't do it.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [bʌm̥p]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A protuberance on a level surface.

  2. The sound of such a collision.

  3. A light blow or jolting collision.

More examples

In context

  • His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.

  • the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness

  • I bump into her.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.