bump

bump
v
1. collide with, crash into, smash into, run into, Inf. plow into; butt, jar, jolt, jostle; strike, beat, rap, hit, bang, tap, smack, thwack, thump.
2.(all by force of collision) dislodge, displace, move, remove, shift; budge, nudge, shove, push.
3. bump into
Informal. meet, encounter, chance upon. See chance (def.9).
4. bump off
Slang. murder, kill, eliminate. See murder (def.4).
n
5. collision, smash, crash, crack, smack, thud, clunk; blow, buffet, thwack, whack, lick, Inf. wallop.
6. swelling, lump, contusion, intumescence, tumescence; protuberance, node, nodule, knob, bulge.

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