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Webster 1913 Edition

Bump

Bump

(bŭmp; 215)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bumped
(bŭmpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bumping
.]
[Cf. W.
pwmp
round mass,
pwmpiaw
to thump, bang, and E.
bum
, v. i.,
boom
to roar.]
To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump;
as, to
bump
the head against a wall
.

Bump

,
Verb.
I.
To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
“Bumping and jumping.”
Southey.

Bump

,
Noun.
[From
Bump
to strike, to thump.]
1.
A thump; a heavy blow.
2.
A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its brow
A
bump
as big as a young cockerel’s stone.
Shakespeare
3.
(Phren.)
One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind;
as, the
bump
of “veneration;” the
bump
of “acquisitiveness.”
[Colloq.]
4.
The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
[Eng.]

Bump

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Boom
to roar.]
To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern
bumps
within a reed.
Dryden.

Bump

,
Noun.
The noise made by the bittern.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bump

BUMP

,
Noun.
[L. bombus, and Eng. pomp.,from swelling, thrusting out.]
1.
A swelling or protuberance.
2.
A thump; a heavy blow.

BUMP

,
Verb.
I.
To make a loud, heavy or hollow noise, as the bittern. It is also written boom.

BUMP

,
Verb.
T.
To strike as with or against any thing large or solid, as to bump the head against a wall; to thump.

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