Bumping
//ˈbʌmpɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The sound or action of a bump.
"There was nothing to be seen, but he could hear loud thumpings and bumpings which seemed to come from the back of the house."
- 2 The violent boiling when a homogeneous liquid is superheated to the point that the bubbles are formed at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and be expelled from the container physical
- 3 Form of racing for coxed fours traditional at Oxford and Cambridge Universities; bumps race form-of
"He listened, and with respect too, to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of which Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories about boat-racing, bumping, College grass-plats, and milk-punch—and began to wish to go up himself to College to a place where there were such manly pleasures and enjoyments."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bump form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Rocking, excellent, great. informal
Example
More examples"The car dove into the field and, after bumping along for a time, came to a halt."
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