bumps

Synonyms for bumps

verb collide, hit, usually with sound

1590s, "protuberance caused by a blow;" 1610s as "a dull, solid blow;" see bump (v.). The dancer's bump and grind attested from 1940.

They cease for a moment As the rattling clangor Of the trolley Bumps by.

Bumps, and a sale arterwards of new-wrecked timber on the beach.

From which it may be inferred that Mr. Bumps was something of a character.

Bumps must go and ask cook for some; she'll always give her anything.

"You ought not to have let Bumps go," said Miss Webb sharply.

Their mother had died at Bumps' birth, their father a year after.

Bumps trotted after Jack, but Jill betook herself to their hammock.

But when Bumps announced she was thirsty they looked rather dismayed.

Bumps toiled up-stairs, feeling sore-footed and heavy-hearted.

Bumps had sprained her foot, and Jack's cut on his head was a deep and painful one.