bump
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(verb) knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" |
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Synonyms: knock |
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Related Words: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike |
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(verb) dance erotically, as in "bump and grind": dance with the pelvis thrust forward |
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Related Words: dance, trip the light fantastic |
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(noun) an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
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Synonyms: blow |
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Related Words: bang, bash, belt, buffeting, concussion, impact, jar, jolt, jounce, knock, pounding, rap, shock, slap, smack, smash, strike, tap |
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(noun) a lump on the body caused by a blow |
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Related Words: harm, hurt, injury, trauma |
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(verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up" |
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Synonyms: break, demote, kick downstairs, relegate |
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Related Words: assign, delegate, depute, designate, reduce |
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(noun) something that protrudes |
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Synonyms: bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
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Related Words: caput, nub, projection, spine, spur, wart |
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(verb) remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" |
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Synonyms: dislodge, displace |
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Related Words: boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, expel, kick out, throw, throw out, turf out, turn out |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: chance, encounter, find, happen, hit |
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