bumpety-bump

noun

variants or bumpity-bump

see 1bumpety

or bumpety-bumpety or bumpity-bumpity

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: an uneven jolting, thudding, or beating

the bumpety-bump of the wagon over the cobblestones

the nervous bumpety-bumpety of his heart

Word History

Etymology

reduplication of bump entry 2

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Rhymes for bumpety-bump

• bump
• chump
• clump
• crump
• dump
• gump
• hump
• jump
• lump
• plump
• pump
• rump