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 What if someone spilled a drink on the wood floors, or bumped against the plaster molding? — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 Earlier this month, Peacock bumped its pricing, ahead of the new NBA and NFL season. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Fire Stick competitor Roku bumped the prices of its Roku Ultra streaming device $50, from $100 to $150. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026 Punk turned the tables and shoved Owens into Engler, who bumped to the outside. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Keep in mind, though, that you won’t be bumped from a flight in order to make room for a traveler on standby. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026 To squeeze Cabrera into the rotation on Sunday, the Cubs bumped David Peterson to the bullpen for the time being and optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 In This Article Kitchen cabinets get a lot of wear since they’re constantly being opened, slammed, and bumped all day long. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026 Even if Claude had bumped the number all the way to 100 percent, the LLM wouldn’t be eligible for the $1 million. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumped
  1. slammed
  2. banged
  3. collided
  4. smashed
  5. crashed
  6. rammed
  7. knocked
  8. hit
Verb
  • Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Before that day, Americans could not really conceive of an attack like this one — passenger planes slammed into high-rise buildings, the Pentagon, a Pennsylvania field in the deadliest act of coordinated violence this nation has ever seen.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • The Padres banged the ball all around Petco Park in taking a 3-0 lead on the first 15 pitches from Cole, a Southern California native who gave up three consecutive homers to open a game for the second time in his career.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Before Sue could answer, the defense objected, Judge Sullivan banged his gavel, and the question was stricken from the record.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • That was all going to set up a potential breakout 2025 season — before Worthy collided with tight end Travis Kelce and tore his labrum in the season opener.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In January 2025, an American Airlines regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of collided
Verb
  • Gay had also developed an unwelcome habit of getting out in unfortunate ways, notably when he was twice ‘strangled’ down the leg-side and, at Lord’s, attracted a grubber from Mohammad Abbas that smashed into his shin and trapped him palpably LBW.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In Chinese cooking, it may be sliced into julienne, chopped, or smashed and added to vegetable, fish, and meat dishes.
    — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of smashed
Verb
  • One lap later, Leclerc crashed out dramatically at Monza’s final corner, causing the race to be suspended and leaving him in need of a precautionary check up at the track’s medical center.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Keating was flying home to California after visiting her family when terrorists linked to al-Qaida crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of crashed
Verb
  • Kwok was then thrown from the bench, her legs ripped from her body, according to authorities, before Romero rammed into a parked NYPD auxiliary van.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Soon, Kylie’s kind boyfriend, Gideon (Xolo Maridueña), gets rammed by a car after picking up flowers for her.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of rammed
Verb
  • But as soon as Barca knocked at his door, Gordon’s mind was made up.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Nearing the 40th floor, the tower moved and knocked them off their feet due to the shockwave of the South tower being struck.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • If the Sabres can find some more success with the man advantage, Thompson shouldn’t have much trouble hitting the 40-goal mark again.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Japan's 10-year government bond yield recently breached 3%, hitting a high not seen in roughly 30 years.
    — , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hit

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

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