bumpety–bump
noun
\see 1bumpety\
variants: or
bumpity–bump
\see 1bumpety\ orbumpety–bumpety
orbumpity–bumpity
Definition of bumpety–bump
: an uneven jolting, thudding, or beating the bumpety-bump of the wagon over the cobblestones the nervous bumpety-bumpety of his heart
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Origin and Etymology of bumpety–bump
reduplication of 2bump
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