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Words related to bump

Related / Similar Words: blow, bulge, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence, knock, dislodge, displace, find, happen, chance, encounter, demote, relegate, break, kick downstairs

Definition:

an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle";

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form;

a lump on the body caused by a blow;

knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree";

remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space";

dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind";

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";

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant";

Hyponyms: jolt, jar, jounce, concussion, rap, strike, tap, knock, bash, bang, smash, belt, pounding, buffeting, slap, smack, frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, snag, wart, throw, reduce

Derivational Morphology: knock, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out, pouch, protuberate, hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over, bag, bulk, blow, bumper, dislodgment, dislodgement, meeting, encounter, discovery, find, uncovering, finder, discoverer, spotter, relegation, demotion

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