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BUMP

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

BUMP is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BUMPS-s 2 BUMPING-ing 5 BUMPED-ed 3

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BUMPINGS 11
noun
  1. countableuncountableA light blow or jolting collision.
    • His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.
  2. countableuncountableThe sound of such a collision.
    • He heard a loud bump and saw the front part of his car was broken and the driver of the other car was running to apologise.
  3. countableuncountableA protuberance on a level surface.
  4. countableuncountableA swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
  5. countableobsoleteuncountableOne of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind.
    • the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
  6. countabledatedmetonymicallyobsoleteuncountableThe faculty itself.
  7. countableuncountableThe point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
  8. countableuncountableThe swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
  9. InternetcountableuncountableA 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.
  10. countableuncountableA temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
    • US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
  11. countableslanguncountableA dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
  12. countableuncountableA disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
  13. countableuncountableIn skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
  14. uncountableA coarse cotton fabric.
  15. countableuncountableA training match for a fighting dog.
  16. countableslanguncountableThe jaw of either of the middle pockets.
  17. USslanguncountableMusic, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
  18. UScountableuncountableA short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
  19. countableuncountableA reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
  20. countableuncountableIn the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
  21. colloquialcountableuncountableA minor problem or difficulty.
  22. countableuncountableA sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
  23. UScountableuncountableAn undercover contact or staged encounter used to elicit information, prompt a reaction, or arrange a follow-up meeting with a suspect or person of interest.
  24. countableuncountableThe breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
verb
  1. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
    • Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.
  2. To move up or down by a step; displace.
    • I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
  3. InternetTo post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
  4. physicalTo suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
  5. transitiveTo move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
  6. transitiveTo move the time of (a scheduled event).
  7. transitiveTo pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
  8. transitiveTo increase (a version number).
  9. archaicintransitiveTo make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
  10. datedTo spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
  11. slangtransitiveTo assassinate; to bump off.
  12. transitiveTo displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
  13. colloquialdatedTo anger, irritate.
  14. In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
  15. slangTo play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
  16. USslangTo encounter and stop, to catch.
  17. intransitiveTo move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
    • The car bumped over the dirt road.
  18. Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
interjection
  1. InternetPosted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.