bump

Noun

• an impact (as from a collision)
  • the bump threw him off the bicycle
    

• 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
    

• a lump on the body caused by a blow

Verb

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
  • The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space
    

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  • She was demoted because she always speaks up
    
  • He was broken down to Sergeant
    

• dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
  • bump and grind
    

• 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
    

• knock against with force or violence
  • My car bumped into the tree
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  blow , dislodge , demote , relegate , break , kick downstairs , find , happen , chance , encounter , knock
• Antonyms: 
  promote , upgrade , advance , kick upstairs , raise , elevate