bump

[[t]bʌmp[/t]]

v. t.

1) to collide with; strike:

The car bumped a truck[/ex]

2) to cause to strike or collide:

He bumped the car against a tree[/ex]

3) to dislodge or displace by the force of collision

4) inf Informal. to remove, dismiss, or eject:

The airline bumped me from the flight[/ex]

5) inf Informal. to force upward; raise:

Demand from abroad bumped up the price of corn[/ex]

6) gam Poker.

raise 22)

7) to come in contact or collide with:

She bumped into me[/ex]

8) to bounce along; proceed in a series of jolts:

The old car bumped down the road[/ex]

9) mad to use pelvic bumps in erotic dancing

10) phv inf bump into, to meet by chance

11) phv sts bump off, Slang. to murder

12) a collision; blow

13) a swelling from a blow

14) a small area raised above the level of the surrounding surface; protuberance

15) aer. a rapidly rising current of air that gives an airplane a severe upward thrust

16) mad a forward thrust of the pelvis for erotic effect

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Etymology: 1560–70; imit.