Bump — Defs

01 v. t. To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

imp. & p. p. Bumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping

1.
To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

02 v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump.

03 n. A thump; a heavy blow.

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.” — Shak.
3.
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.”(Phren.) [Colloq.]
4.
The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.[Eng.]

04 v. i. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

1.
To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
“As a bittern bumps within a reed.” — Dryden.

05 n. The noise made by the bittern.