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Nouns

• (n) a lump on the body caused by a blow
• (n) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
  • the hump of a camel
  • he stood on the rocky prominence
  • the occipital protuberance was well developed
  • the bony excrescence between its horns
  bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, prominence,
• (n) an impact (as from a collision)
  • the bump threw him off the bicycle
  blow,

Verbs

• (v) knock against with force or violence
  • My car bumped into the tree
  knock,
• (v) come upon, as if by accident; meet with
  • We find this idea in Plato
  • I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
  • She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day
  find, encounter, chance, happen,
• (v) dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
  • bump and grind
• (v) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  • She was demoted because she always speaks up
  • He was broken down to Sergeant
  demote, kick downstairs, relegate, break,
• (v) remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
  • The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space
  dislodge,

Synonyms

knock bulge excrescence extrusion gibbosity gibbousness hump jut protrusion protuberance swelling prominence find encounter chance happen blow demote kick downstairs relegate break dislodge

Antonyms

elevate kick upstairs promote upgrade advance raise

See also

bump into jar against knock against butt against run into batter buffet knock about bump off murder off slay polish off dispatch remove hit

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