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bump
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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, welt; blister, boil; blob, chunk, clod, clump, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, wad
2 the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank the bump was punishment for insubordination Synonyms demotion, reduction Related Words disrating, downgrade; dismissal, firing, layoff, sacking; abasement, debasement, humiliation
3 a forceful coming together of two things I felt the bump of the other car, but there was no damage to either vehicle Synonyms impact, collision, concussion, crash, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, shock, slam, smash, strike, wallopRelated Words blow, buffet, hit, knock, punch, rap, slap, thump; bashing, battering, bludgeoning, clobbering, hammering, lambasting, licking, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; contact, encounter, meeting, touch
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bump
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to come into usually forceful contact with something that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized Synonyms bang, bash, hit, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thudRelated Words bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip; contact, land, touch; brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep; bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, pushNear Antonyms miss, skirt
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