bump

Meanings

• a lump on the body caused by a blow
• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
• an impact (as from a collision)
  • "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
• knock against with force or violence
  • "My car bumped into the tree"
• come upon, as if by accident; meet with
• dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
  • "bump and grind"
• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

Synonyms

blow, break, bulge, chance, demote, dislodge, encounter, excrescence, extrusion, find, gibbosity, gibbousness, happen, hump, jut, kick downstairs, knock, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, relegate, swelling