Defn: To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
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Bump, v. i.
Defn: To come in violent contact with something; to thump. "Bumping and jumping." Southey.
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Bump, n. Etym: [From Bump to strike, to thump.]
1. A thump; a heavy blow.
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance. It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. Shak.
3. (Phren.)
Defn: One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness." [Colloq.]
4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
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Bump, v. i. Etym: [See Boom to roar.]