(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
They stopped walking and he almost ~ed into them...
He ~ed his head on the low beams of the house.
VERB: V into/against n, V n
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Bump is also a noun.
Small children often cry after a minor ~.
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2.
A ~ is the action or the dull sound of two heavy objects hitting each other.
I felt a little ~ and I knew instantly what had happened...
The child took five steps, and then sat down with a ~.
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3.
A ~ is a minor injury or swelling that you get if you ~ into something or if something hits you.
She fell against our coffee table and got a large ~ on her forehead.
= lump
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4.
If you have a ~ while you are driving a car, you have a minor accident in which you hit something. (INFORMAL)
= accident, crash
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5.
A ~ on a road is a raised, uneven part.
The truck hit a ~ and bounced.
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6.
If a vehicle ~s over a surface, it travels in a rough, bouncing way because the surface is very uneven.
We left the road, and again ~ed over the mountainside...
VERB: V prep/adv, also V way adv/prep
7.
see also goose ~s
8.
If someone comes down to earth with a ~, they suddenly start recognizing unpleasant facts after a period of time when they have not been doing this.
Company bosses have come back down to earth with a ~ after a period of post-election euphoria.
PHRASE: PHR after v emphasis