What it means
- (noun) A light blow or jolting collision.
- (noun) The sound of such a collision.
- (noun) A protuberance on a level surface.
- (noun) A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- (noun) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (metonymically) the faculty itself “the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness”
- (noun) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- (noun) The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (noun) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (noun) A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph. “US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.”
- (noun) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (noun) The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
- (noun) (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
Letter analysis
- Bump contains 4 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
- It uses 4 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 1.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Related words
Other 4-letter words
Words starting with BUM
- bum
- bumble
- bumblebee
- bumblebees
- bumbled
- bumbler
- bumblers
- bumbles
- bumbling
- bummed
- bummer
- bummers
- bummest
- bumming
- bumped
- bumper
- bumpers
- bumpier
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Words ending with UMP
Sub-words
Common questions
What does Bump mean?
A light blow or jolting collision.
How many letters are in Bump?
Bump has 4 letters.
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