bump into (verb)
11bump — 1610s, verb and noun, perhaps from Scandinavian, probably echoic, original sense was hitting then of swelling from being hit. Also has a long association with obsolete bum to make a booming noise, which perhaps influenced surviving senses like… …
12bump — bump1 [ bʌmp ] verb * 1. ) transitive to accidentally hit part of your body against something, making it hurt: Be careful not to bump your head. a ) intransitive or transitive to hit against something solid once or many times: Small boats were… …
13bump — 1 verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to hit or knock against something (+ against/into etc): It was so dark I bumped into a tree | bump sth on/against etc: I bumped my head on the ledge. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move …
14bump — [[t]bʌ̱mp[/t]] bumps, bumping, bumped 1) VERB If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving. [V into/against n] They stopped walking and he almost bumped into them... [V into/against n] There was a jerk as… …
15bump — /bʌmp / (say bump) verb (t) 1. to come more or less heavily in contact with; strike; collide with. 2. to cause to strike or collide: to bump one s head against the wall. 3. a. to dismiss, as an employee or a member of a team. b. to reject… …
16bump — 1. noun 1) I landed with a bump Syn: bang, crash, smash, smack, crack, jolt, thud, thump; informal whack, thwack, bash, bonk, wallop 2) a bump in the road the bump on his head …
17bump — I UK [bʌmp] / US verb Word forms bump : present tense I/you/we/they bump he/she/it bumps present participle bumping past tense bumped past participle bumped * 1) a) [transitive] to accidentally hit part of your body against something, making it… …
18bump — noun 1》 a light blow or a jolting collision. ↘Rowing (in races where boats make a spaced start one behind another) the point at which a boat begins to overtake or touch the boat ahead, thereby defeating it. 2》 a protuberance on a level… …
19bump — [bʌmp] verb I 1) [I/T] to hit against something solid, or to accidentally make something do this I bumped my knee on the corner of the desk.[/ex] 2) [I] to move over a surface that is not even The truck bumped slowly across the field.[/ex] • bump …
20bump up against — ˌbump ˈup against [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bump up against he/she/it bumps up against present participle bumping up against …
