English Dictionary

bump

IPA（発音記号）

/bʌmp/

動詞

インターネット 前置詞句 他動詞 古語 自動詞 古風 俗語

To knock against or run into with a jolt. / To move up or down by a step; displace.

日本語の意味

衝突する、ぶつかる / 段差などによって位置や高さがずれる、移動する

Please be careful not to bump your head on the low-hanging beam.

低く垂れ下がった梁に頭をぶつけないように気をつけてください。

意味（1）

To knock against or run into with a jolt.

意味（2）

To move up or down by a step; displace.

I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.

意味（3）

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

As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to bump the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.

意味（4）

(chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

Heat until the liquid bumps, then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.

意味（5）

(transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]

意味（6）

(transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).

A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.

意味（7）

(transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.

意味（8）

(intransitive, archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.

as a bittern bumps within a reed

意味（9）

(printing, dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.

意味（10）

(slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.

You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?

意味（11）

(industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.

Employees with 2 years or more, and less than 8 years plant seniority, may bump a probationary employee.

bumps （ present singular third-person ）

bumping （ participle present ）

bumped （ participle past ）

bumped （ past ）