bump
n 1: a lump on the body caused by a blow
2: something that protrudes [syn: {bulge}, {hump}, {gibbosity},
{gibbousness}, {jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion},
{extrusion}, {excrescence}]
3: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the
bicycle" [syn: {blow}]
v 1: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into
the tree" [syn: {knock}]
2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book
in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {happen}, {chance},
{hit}, {encounter}]
3: dance erotically, as in "bump and grind": dance with the
pelvis thrust forward
4: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up" [syn: {demote}, {relegate},
{break}, {kick downstairs}] [ant: {promote}]
5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously
occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into
her office space" [syn: {dislodge}, {displace}]