bumping off
挤兑,颠簸,颠覆性的,颠簸不平
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Definitions
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- : to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike: His car bumped a truck.
- : to cause to strike or collide: He bumped the car against a tree.
- : to dislodge or displace by the force of collision.
- : to dislodge by appropriating the privileges of: The airline bumped me from the flight.
- : to demote or dismiss: He was bumped from his job.
- : to force upward; raise: Demand from abroad bumped the price of corn.
- : to move to a new position: We had to bump your story to next week's paper.
- : Digital Technology. to move to the top of the reverse chronological list by adding a new comment or post to the thread: I bumped the question I posted last week to make it more visible.
- : Poker. raise.
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- : to come in contact or collide with: She bumped into me.
- : to bounce along; proceed in a series of jolts: The old car bumped down the road.
- : to dance by thrusting the pelvis forward abruptly, in a provocative manner, especially to the accompaniment of an accented musical beat.Compare grind.
- : to boil with violent jolts caused by the sudden eruption of large bubbles through the surface.
- 1
- : an act or instance of bumping; collision; blow.
- : the shock of a blow or collision.
- : a swelling or contusion from a blow.
- : a small area raised above the level of the surrounding surface; protuberance: He tripped over a bump on the sidewalk.
- : Informal. a promotion or demotion; transfer to a higher or lower level: He got a bump to vice president of the company.
- : Informal. an increase in amount, especially of salary or a wager: He asked the boss for a ten-dollar bump.
- : Aeronautics. a rapidly rising current of air that gives an airplane a severe upward thrust.
- : a dance movement in which the pelvis is abruptly thrust forward in a provocative manner, especially to the accompaniment of an accented musical beat.Compare grind.
- : Mining. crump.
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- : bump into, Informal. to meet by chance: I bumped into an old friend yesterday.
- : bump off, Slang. to kill, especially to murder: They bumped him off because he knew too much.
Phrases
- bump into
- bump off
- bump up
- goose pimples (bumps)
- like a bump on a log
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Hana itself, with a population of 800, isn’t much more than a bump in the road, but it’s a hiker’s paradise.
After the shot, he caught up with colleagues whom he had not seen in person since the spring, saying goodbye with elbow bumps.
Castillo said he already has seen a bump in inquiries from young people for his studio.
Still, women are perceived as talking more than men, even when they don’t, and while men benefit from talking more—listeners find them to be more competent—women don’t get the same bump.
A little storm passing to the north tonight is our main bump on the way to a pleasant Friday.
As Bump notes, this goes a long way toward explaining the disciplinary disparity between blacks and whites in public schools.
And over at The Wire, Philip Bump highlights a disturbing new study that measures bias as it applies to African American boys.
Bump along with Bill to his newest (and possibly only) dance track in this promo video for GatesLetter.com.
However the breakfast show they were working on has been axed and will be replaced by a show called The Bump.
Philip Bump on how a performance artist misled the public radio show.
"Bump," it went up against a telephone pole and the wind left it there.
Bump it in the carburetor enough times, rake it with shrapnel, and it begins to lose its first freshness.
Rocking the boats till people fell Bump right out of their berths onto the floor!
Bump he went against the ceiling, and I knew then why he was all over white on the more salient curves and angles of his person.
The pole seemed to have magnetic qualities and the result was "Bump."