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 Wittlin, a 26-year-old broadcast television technician, watched quietly as two officers fist-bumped and another looked inside his wallet. — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026 General Daily Insight for October 28, 2026 Something tender may get bumped by something unexpected today. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026 His singles bumped in the car and the whole album would, too. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, American Airlines, the world’s largest carrier by passenger volume, and Frontier, which doesn’t have that excuse, involuntarily bumped 1,684 and 1,518 people, respectively. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026 The character always bumped some people, and those feelings coalesced around Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026 The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Jay just gets bumped from one squishy chamber of viscous lumps to another, fighting like hell to avoid following his squid adversary through a puckering hole and deeper into the digestive system, where the air turns into methane. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 The worm, however impossible to miss, is shoved, bumped, and pushed around with everyone else in the stifling subway car. — Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumped
  1. slammed
  2. banged
  3. collided
  4. smashed
  5. crashed
  6. rammed
  7. knocked
  8. hit
Verb
  • The deaths come two months after a driver slammed into a Metro bus in Chatworth, killing two people on board.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • According to the report, Nzinga Walker and her brother entered the apartment before Everard Walker slammed the door.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.
    — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries’ star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.
    — Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • Their helmets collided after the play was over, and Gordon seemingly took that as a challenge.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Three people were killed after two helicopters collided midair near an airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, October 29, prompting an investigation by federal aviation authorities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of collided
Verb
  • When they were smashed into molecules consisting of two ordinary hydrogen atoms, the muonic atoms implanted themselves within those molecules and assimilated one of their hydrogens.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • In Frankfurt, police said Molotov cocktails were thrown at emergency personnel and shop windows were smashed.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of smashed
Verb
  • On Monday, De Miguel was not looking when Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono crashed into him while disputing a high ball late in the game.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • After a Learjet 55 crashed in Philadelphia in January 2025, its recorder sat for days in water and fuel at the bottom of an impact crater.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of crashed
Verb
  • In two separate but similar incidents, suspects also rammed vehicles into security barricades near the White House in March 2026 and October 2025.
    — Bonny Chu , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Prosecutors say Morales intentionally rammed his car into Miguel Parra Hernandez, whose leg was broken.
    — Lekan Oyekanmi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of rammed
Verb
  • About 100 people door knocked for Vang in a canvassing event last month that featured divisive political commentator Hasan Piker.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Solace in winter is a treacherous landscape where children slip through the ice, men are knocked sideways by muskies, and cars hurl off the road into trees.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • The 25-year-old former 19th-round draft pick hit 25 home runs and 29 home runs in 125 games between three levels.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Netanyahu denied that Israel was responsible for worsening conditions for Palestinians in Gaza's tent camps, which have been hit by severe winter flooding.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of hit

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“Bumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumped. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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