Bump

Pronunciation: bŭmp; 215

v. t.	1.	To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall. [imp. & p. p. Bumped (bŭmpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.]
v. i.	1.	To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
n.	1.	A thump; a heavy blow.
	2.	A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance. It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. - Shak.
	3.	(Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."
	4.	The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
v. i.	1.	To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom. As a bittern bumps within a reed. - Dryden.
n.	1.	The noise made by the bittern.

Noun	1.	bump - a lump on the body caused by a blow
	2.	bump - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form Synonyms: bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, prominence
	3.	bump - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" Synonyms: blow
Verb	1.	bump - knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" Synonyms: knock
	2.	bump - 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" Synonyms: find, encounter, chance, happen
	3.	bump - dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"
	4.	bump - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant" Synonyms: demote, kick downstairs, relegate, break
	5.	bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" Synonyms: dislodge, displace

bump - Increment. E.g. C's ++ operator. It is used especially of counter variables, pointers and index dummies in "for", "while", and "do-while" loops.

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