Rebump

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To catch (a boat) again, in a bumps race. transitive

    "The next day we were able to rebump Merton before they caught Lincoln, so could only row over, but on Wednesday we bumped Lincoln in the Gut."

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"The next day we were able to rebump Merton before they caught Lincoln, so could only row over, but on Wednesday we bumped Lincoln in the Gut."

Etymology

From re- + bump.

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