Bump : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bump	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Bump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bump n a lump on the body caused by a blow something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" Synonym(s): blow, bump v knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" Synonym(s): bump, knock come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" Synonym(s): find, happen, chance, bump, encounter dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind" assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" Synonym(s): demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs Antonym(s): advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" Synonym(s): dislodge, bump
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bump \Bump\, v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. [bd]Bumping and jumping.[b8] --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bump \Bump\, n. [From {Bump} to strike, to thump.] 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. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of [bd]veneration;[b8] the bump of [bd]acquisitiveness.[b8] [Colloq.] 4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bump \Bump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bumping}.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bump \Bump\, v. i. [See {Boom} to roar.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom. As a bittern bumps within a reed. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bump \Bump\, n. The noise made by the bittern.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bump vt. Synonym for increment. Has the same meaning as C's ++ operator. Used esp. of counter variables, pointers, and index dummies in `for', `while', and `do-while' loops.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bump Increment. E.g. {C}'s {++} operator. It is used especially of counter variables, pointers and index dummies in "for", "while", and "do-while" loops. (1994-11-29)