bump

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• General-American: /bʌmp/
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• General-American: [bʌm̥p]
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• General-American: [bɐm̥p]
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• Northern-England: /bʊmp/
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From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.

From Early Modern English; onomatopoeic.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: сблъскване (sblǎskvane) — a light blow or jolting collision
• Catalan: sotrac — a light blow or jolting collision
• Czech: ťuknutí — a light blow or jolting collision
• Czech: náraz — a light blow or jolting collision
• Dutch: botsing — a light blow or jolting collision
• Finnish: tönäisy — a light blow or jolting collision
• Finnish: törmäys — a light blow or jolting collision
• Finnish: kolhaisu — a light blow or jolting collision
• French: bourrade — a light blow or jolting collision
• Galician: trambullón — a light blow or jolting collision
• Galician: golpada — a light blow or jolting collision
• Galician: zoupada — a light blow or jolting collision
• German: Schlag — a light blow or jolting collision
• German: Stoß — a light blow or jolting collision
• Italian: colpetto — a light blow or jolting collision
• Italian: botta — a light blow or jolting collision
• Macedonian: удар (udar) — a light blow or jolting collision
• Māori: rutunga — a light blow or jolting collision
• Polish: stłuczka — a light blow or jolting collision
• Russian: столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) — a light blow or jolting collision
• Russian: уда́р (udár) — a light blow or jolting collision
• Turkish: çarpma — a light blow or jolting collision
• Turkish: vuruş — a light blow or jolting collision
• Czech: bum — the sound of such a collision
• Finnish: kolahdus — the sound of such a collision
• French: boum — the sound of such a collision
• Galician: trambullada — the sound of such a collision
• Galician: zoupada — the sound of such a collision
• Galician: zarroada — the sound of such a collision
• Galician: sapoirada — the sound of such a collision
• German: Bums — the sound of such a collision
• German: Plumps — the sound of such a collision
• Irish: tuairt — the sound of such a collision
• Macedonian: туп (tup) — the sound of such a collision
• Polish: bum — the sound of such a collision
• Polish: łup — the sound of such a collision
• Portuguese: estrondo — the sound of such a collision
• Turkish: küt — the sound of such a collision
• Assamese: টেমুনা (temuna) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Bulgarian: издутина (izdutina) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Catalan: bony — a protuberance on a level surface
• Czech: boule — a protuberance on a level surface
• Dutch: bult — a protuberance on a level surface
• Esperanto: ĝibo — a protuberance on a level surface
• Esperanto: malglataĵo — a protuberance on a level surface
• Esperanto: malebenaĵo — a protuberance on a level surface
• Finnish: nysty — a protuberance on a level surface
• Finnish: töyssy — a protuberance on a level surface
• Finnish: kumpu — a protuberance on a level surface
• French: bosse — a protuberance on a level surface
• French: saillie — a protuberance on a level surface
• Galician: cromello — a protuberance on a level surface
• Galician: gurupela — a protuberance on a level surface
• Galician: gurumela — a protuberance on a level surface
• Galician: nórnega — a protuberance on a level surface
• Galician: bocho — a protuberance on a level surface
• German: Bodenwelle — a protuberance on a level surface
• German: Delle — a protuberance on a level surface
• German: Unebenheit — a protuberance on a level surface
• Italian: bozzo — a protuberance on a level surface
• Italian: gnocco — a protuberance on a level surface
• Italian: protuberanza — a protuberance on a level surface
• Italian: gonfiore — a protuberance on a level surface
• Macedonian: испупчување (ispupčuvanje) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: kul — a protuberance on a level surface
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kul — a protuberance on a level surface
• Plautdietsch: Knubbel — a protuberance on a level surface
• Polish: nierówność — a protuberance on a level surface
• Portuguese: saliência — a protuberance on a level surface
• Portuguese: protuberância — a protuberance on a level surface
• Romanian: umflătură — a protuberance on a level surface
• Romanian: proeminență — a protuberance on a level surface
• Russian: вы́пуклость (výpuklostʹ) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Russian: колдо́бина (koldóbina) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Russian: уха́б (uxáb) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Spanish: bache — a protuberance on a level surface
• Spanish: bulto — a protuberance on a level surface
• Spanish: gibosidad — a protuberance on a level surface
• Tamil: வீக்கம் (vīkkam) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Thai: ตุ่ม (dtùm) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Turkish: tümsek — a protuberance on a level surface
• Turkish: yumru — a protuberance on a level surface
• Ottoman Turkish: تومسك (tümsek) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Ottoman Turkish: یومرو (yumru) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Ottoman Turkish: طوپاق (topak) — a protuberance on a level surface
• Bashkir: шеш (şeş) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Bashkir: шешек (şeşek) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Bulgarian: издутина (izdutina) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Bulgarian: цицина (cicina) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Catalan: nyanyo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Catalan: banya — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Chinese Mandarin: 疙瘩 (gēda) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Czech: boule — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Dutch: bult — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Dutch: buil — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Esperanto: tubero — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Finnish: patti — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• French: bosse — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: orgo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: noucho — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: galo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: croque — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: cotarelo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: petoulo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: turumbullo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: carolo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Galician: bolo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• German: Beule — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Ingrian: pahko — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Ingrian: muhku — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Ingrian: muna — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Italian: bozzo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Italian: gnocco — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Javanese: kucing — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Latin: tūber — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Macedonian: оток (otok) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Macedonian: бабнатина (babnatina) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Norwegian Bokmål: kul — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kul — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Plautdietsch: Knubbel — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Polish: guz — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Portuguese: inchaço — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Portuguese: galo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Romanian: umflătură — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Romanian: cucui — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Russian: ши́шка (šíška) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Russian: о́пухоль (ópuxolʹ) — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Serbo-Croatian: čvoruga — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Spanish: chichón — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Spanish: tolondro — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Spanish: cototo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Spanish: bulto — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Swedish: bula — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Turkish: şiş — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Turkish: şişlik — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Zhuang: ndo — a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury
• Finnish: kuhmu — phrenological protuberance and associated aptitude
• French: bosse — phrenological protuberance and associated aptitude
• Russian: шишка (šiška) — phrenological protuberance and associated aptitude
• Finnish: pääseminen edelle — the point in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start
• Czech: břicho — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Czech: buben — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Czech: bubínek — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Czech: bříško — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Czech: mozůlek — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Finnish: kumpu — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• French: ballon — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Galician: barrigoto — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Italian: pancione — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Polish: brzuch — the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 推 (tuī) — a post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile
• Finnish: bumppaus — a post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile
• Finnish: nosto — a post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile
• Dutch: stoten — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Dutch: botsen — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Finnish: tönäistä — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Finnish: törmätä — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• French: heurter — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• French: magner — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• German: anrempeln — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• German: anstoßen — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• White Hmong: tsoo — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Indonesian: bentur — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Lao: ໂດນ (dōn) — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Māori: hūtuki — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Māori: tuki — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Māori: tūtuki — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Māori: rutu — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Portuguese: bater — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Portuguese: esbarrar — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Russian: ударя́ться (udarjátʹsja) — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Russian: уда́риться (udáritʹsja) — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Russian: вреза́ться (vrezátʹsja) — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Russian: вре́заться (vrézatʹsja) — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Russian: ната́лкиваться (natálkivatʹsja) — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Russian: натолкну́ться (natolknútʹsja) — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Vietnamese: chạm — to knock against with a light blow or collision
• Esperanto: alkrementi — to move up or down