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A light blow or jolting collision.

The sound of such a collision.

# (informal) Any light sound.

A fist bump.

A car accident, usually a small one.

(professional wrestling) A collision, especially a fall.

(figurative) A dose of a drug, such as ketamine or cocaine, snorted; a small dose of a snorted drug.

(informal) A conflict.

A protuberance on a flat surface.

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

A bouffant hairstyle; the puffy upper part of such a hairstyle.

The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

(obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind.

# (metonymically) The faculty itself.

A small increase in an amount.

# A small increase in excitement or interest.

# (figurative) A temporary, usually small, increase in a quantity, such as is shown in a graph.

(figurative) A minor problem or difficulty.

''Senses related to a movement, especially a rhythmic or sudden one.''

(rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

(volleyball) The act of using one's forearm to strike the ball in a volleyball match.}}

(skipping rope) In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.

(mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.

A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

(card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.

The sound and other sensations of a rhythm, especially in music with a strong, danceable beat, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

# A good song, especially a danceable one.

# A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.

(industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.

(employment) A demotion or promotion.

(fabrics) A coarse cotton fabric.

(dogfighting) A training match for a fighting dog.

(slang) The (id=snooker) of either of the middle (id=snooker).

A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.

(espionage) An undercover contact or staged encounter used to elicit information, prompt a reaction, or arrange a follow-up meeting with a suspect or person of interest.

(London) A ripoff or bad deal; an unjustly high price.

To knock against or run into with a jolt.

To move up or down by a step; displace.

(Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

(of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

To move the time of (a scheduled event).

To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.

(programming) To increase (a version number).

(archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.

(dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.

To assassinate; to bump off.

To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.

(dated) To anger, irritate.

(card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.

(slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.

(circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.

To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.

(slang) To snort a small dose of cocaine or another drug; to do a bump of a drug.

(internet) {{n-g|Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.}}

The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.

Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.