bump

knock against with force or violence

• “My car bumped into the tree”

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• “We find this idea in Plato”
• “I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here”
• “She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day”

dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

• “bump and grind”

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• “She was demoted because she always speaks up”
• “He was broken down to Sargeant”

remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• “The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space”

a lump on the body caused by a blow

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”
• “the hump of a camel”
• “he stood on the rocky prominence”
• “the occipital protuberance was well developed”
• “the bony excrescence between its horns”

an impact (as from a collision)

• “the bump threw him off the bicycle”