BUMPING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

bumping

verb

Definition of bumping next

present participle of bump

as in banging

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 bumping There’s a lot of serendipity and people bumping into one another. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026 The top eight skiers advanced to the medal final and both Kauf and Anthony got higher scores, bumping Giaccio, 25, out of contention into ninth place. —

Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026 And after a quick elevator ride, the penthouse was the place to be, bumping with tunes from DJ Kiss with a Maserati martini station inside the suite, a Basil Hayden bar out on the terrace and a coupe tower shimmering alongside THR editor-in-chief Maer Roshan’s mid-party toast. —

Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026 The friendship shelf theory isn’t about bumping people up or down based on singular events. —

Rebecca Fearn, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026 Epstein’s tech consultant boasted about bumping down a negative New York Post story about Epstein. —

Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026 Outdoor play was spontaneous, fueled by riding my bike around my neighborhood and bumping into other kids who wanted to join me. —

Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 9 Feb. 2026 Blocks of ice were bumping into the wooden posts at Bayshore Waterfront Park in Port Monmouth. —

Christine Sloan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026 This project is focused on bumping the agency’s operations to include 30 ten-car trains per hour, or more than 300 additional railcars total, alongside other improvements such as a new control system, a new railcar storage yard in Hayward and adding more power substations to improve service. —

Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026

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And Peters has been banging his head on his desk trying to get Congress to use it.

— Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Agitators were seen blowing whistles, banging pots and pans, shaking metal barricades and striking the rails set up outside the property.

— Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026