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Bumped Bump Sb Sth ˌbump Hit Car Part

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Back verb, nounBrE /bʌmp/NAmE /bʌmp/verb

1 [intransitive] to hit sb/sth by accident~ into sb/sthIn the dark I bumped into a chair.~ against sb/sth The car bumped against the kerb.

2 [transitive] ~ sth (against/on sth) to hit sth, especially a part of your body, against or on sthBe careful not to bump your head on the beam when you stand up.

3 [intransitive, transitive] to move across a rough surface+ adv./prep.The jeep bumped along the dirt track.~ sth + adv./prep. The car bumped its way slowly down the drive. She entered the subway, bumping her bags down the steps.

4 [transitive] ~ sb + adv./prep. to move sb from one group or position to another; to remove sb from a groupThe airline apologized and bumped us up to first class. If you are bumped off an airline because of overbooking, you are entitled to compensation. The coach told him he had been bumped from the crew.

ˌbump ˈinto sb(informal) to meet sb by chanceI bumped into Simon this morning.

ˌbump sbˈoff(informal) to murder sbˌbump sthˈup(informal) to increase or raise sthThey bump up their prices in the summer months. We've bumped up the connection speed to make downloading much faster.

ˌbump ˈup against sthto experience a problem or factor that you did not expectWe kept bumping up against inflexible regulations.

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1 [countable] the action or sound of sth hitting a hard surfaceHe fell to the ground with a bump. We could hear loud bumps from upstairs where the children were playing.

2 [countable] a swelling on the body, often caused by a blow lumpShe was covered in bumps and bruises. How did you get that bump on your forehead?

3 [countable] a part of a flat surface that is not even, but raised above the rest of ita bump in the road see also bumpy

4 [countable] a slight accident in which your vehicle hits sthI had a bump in the car earlier, but it wasn't serious.

5 the bumps [plural] (BrE) (on a child's birthday) the act of lifting the child in the air and then putting them down on the ground, once for every year of their ageWe gave her the bumps. see come back/down to earth( with a bang/bump)at earth n., things that go bump in the night at thing

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