English Dictionary

bump

IPA（発音記号）

/bʌmp/

名詞

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A light blow or jolting collision. / The sound of such a collision. / A protuberance on a level surface. / A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

日本語の意味

軽い打撃、軽い衝突 / その衝突時に出る音 / 平坦な面にできる突起 / 病気や怪我による皮膚の腫れ

She felt a sudden bump against her knee when the toddler ran into her.

幼児が彼女にぶつかったとき、彼女は膝に突然の衝撃を感じた。

意味（1）

A light blow or jolting collision.

意味（2）

The sound of such a collision.

意味（3）

A protuberance on a level surface.

意味（4）

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.

意味（5）

(obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself

the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness

意味（6）

(rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

意味（7）

The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

意味（8）

(Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

意味（9）

A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.

US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.

意味（10）

(slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.

意味（11）

The noise made by the bittern; a boom.

意味（12）

(preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.

意味（13）

In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.

意味（14）

(uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.

意味（15）

A training match for a fighting dog.

意味（16）

(snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.

意味（17）

(US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

Call me the juice and you know I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.

意味（18）

(industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.

For example, chain bumping, in which a bump by one employee initiates a series of consecutive bumps down a progression line before a layoff results, produces the greatest average number of reassignments per redundant employee.

bumps （ plural ）