bump
/bʌmp/ verb B1- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
He/she/it bumps · Past bumped · Past participle bumped · -ing form bumping
Verb forms
- Base form
- bump
- He/she/it
- bumps
- Past
- bumped
- Past participle
- bumped
- -ing form
- bumping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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But mine was answered, for the flat bumped right into a pile for a minute and I flung the scarf and the shawl over my shoulder and scrambled up on a big providential stub.
Participants who were asked how fast the vehicles were traveling when they collided with each other provided significantly higher speed estimates than those who heard the word bumped.
Other matches
- bump A light blow or jolting collision. B2
- bump To knock against or run into with a jolt. C2
- bump The breeding call made by the bittern C2
- bump Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to ... C2
- bump down To transfer
- bump into To collide with.
- bump off To kill, especially to murder.
- bump on Synonym of bump into.
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