Entry Word: bump

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a small rounded mass of swollen tissue <that's a nasty bump on your arm where you hit the table>

Synonyms knot, lump, node, nodule, swelling

Related Words growth, tumor, wart; hump, hunch; bruise, contusion; blob, chunk, clod, clump, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, wad

2 a forceful coming together of two things <I felt the bump of the other car, but there was no damage to either vehicle> — see impact 1