bumpier; bumpiest
1
: having or covered with bumps
2
a
: marked by bumps or jolts
b
: marked by or full of difficulties
bumpily adverb
bumpiness noun

Examples of bumpy in a Sentence

The road is very bumpy. the bumpy skin of a cucumber The flight was very bumpy. The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
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Stick to your long-term strategy and add some cushioning to help your portfolio ride out bumpy patches. Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 These bumpy strips will represent the bones. Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 Anecdotal evidence suggests that some anachronistic fruits – such as the weird, bumpy-textured and softball-size Osage orange – were dispersed by ancient megafauna such as giant ground sloths. Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025 Another member of the Mag 7, however, had a bumpy Monday. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bumpy

Word History

First Known Use

1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bumpy was in 1769

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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

bumpy

adjective
bumpier; bumpiest
: marked by bumps or bumping
a bumpy ride
bumpy skin
bumpily adverb
bumpiness noun

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