bumped

verb

past tense of bump
as in slammed
to come into usually forceful contact with something that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized

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Recent Examples of bumped He was bumped down a spot Tuesday after Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter signed a record-breaking four-year, $152 million extension with $106 million guaranteed. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 30 July 2026 That comes after the firm raised starting iPad and Mac prices by at least $100, including some models with price tags bumped by more than $1,000, citing a global memory crunch. — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Fool Me Once, released in January 2024, was on the chart for a while with 98 million views over its first 13 weeks (the cutoff point for Netflix’s all-time lists), but it has since been bumped down a few spots. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026 Apple even bumped its most affordable laptop yet—the MacBook Neo—up $100 to $699. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026 So in other words, four categories for achievement in Limited/Anthology series have been bumped from the Emmys telecast to the Emmys telecast. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026 Spain’s Eric Garcia got involved as Molina bumped Rodri in the chest. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 The adjoining high-rise, built in 1960, was expanded with a 16-story addition that horizontally bumped out the existing top dozen floors and put four more stories on the top. — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026 Marcus Garrett bumped knees with a KSU player in the first half and only played nine minutes, scoring five points. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumped
  1. slammed
  2. banged
  3. collided
  4. smashed
  5. crashed
  6. rammed
  7. knocked
  8. hit
Verb
  • For the third auction in a row, the price of keeping the lights on across a 13-state swath of the country slammed straight into the ceiling.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • Moments before impact, the restraining orca let go, and its partner slammed into the sunfish like a freight train hitting a watermelon.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • Moshobane outworked Sacramento midfielder Danny Crisostomo for the ball and banged it into the far side of the net.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026
  • Nosková banged an ace to set up her sixth championship point, then sent a 115 mph serve that Muchová couldn’t return to seal the match.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • The Ukraine and Iran wars collided over the weekend, as Kyiv attacked an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 26 July 2026
  • One person is dead and another is in critical condition after their motorcycles collided near Kansas City International Airport early Sunday morning, according to law enforcement.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Definition of collided
Verb
  • Joc Pederson smashed a lead-off home run for the sixth time this season, then hit another homer in the second inning to power the Texas Rangers past the Seattle Mariners 7-3 Monday afternoon at Globe Life Field.
    — Cal Phillips Updated July 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • But when all the grapeskins were smashed, the best feet standing belonged to the oldest and shortest man in the field, 66-year-old former Atherton Mayor Charles Marsala.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Definition of smashed
Verb
  • Yet, just a few weeks ago, Zweigenhaft was on the floor inside Ragan-Brown Fieldhouse, matched up with a smallish guard who played fierce defense, crashed the boards and generally played with the aggression of Jose Alvarado of the New York Knicks.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • The Los Angeles Police Department closed the 105 Freeway in South LA after a human trafficking suspect crashed during a pursuit on Thursday.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of crashed
Verb
  • After the gunfire, Smith rammed his car into Hicks, according to the filing.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • An adult orca held a dead sunfish in its mouth while a second orca rammed into the carcass at high speed, fragmenting the body.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of rammed
Verb
  • As Occhicone knocked on windows and doors, he was confronted by Gerrity's 66-year-old father, Raymon Artzner.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • In one photo, Bloom appeared to have just popped his head out of the water as Laemmel approached, and in another, the model wrapped her arms around the actor before — as seen in another snap — a wave knocked Bloom over into the water.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • As thousands of professors at in the University of California system say the students entering their classrooms are increasingly under-prepared for university-level math, the university’s timely graduation rates just hit all-time highs.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • Average daily rates in Miami hit $302 for both game nights and eves, according to AirDNA.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of hit

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