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  • noun Plural form of bump.
  • noun UK, with "the" The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bump.

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Examples

  • It's just that you've had a series of what they call bumps or seismic events that literally had never been expected.

    CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007 2007

  • Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham says they were taken to three Contra Costa County hospitals Friday night with what she described as bumps and bruises.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • But producers get flummoxed when a title bumps up against the confines of genre.

    BiblioAddict J.S. Peyton 2008

  • Last week I did five twelve hour days training for the Census job again (this time i am a crew leader so the pay bump is nice) The only way I got through that was swilling Red Bull and taking afternoon bumps from a microscopic Tabasco bottle.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • Invitation to wake up either covered in bumps or wondering how many bugs you accidentally ate during the night.

    skittledog: April, come she will skittledog 2009

  • No I can't but if a penchant for speed bumps is a part of human nature then you're never going to see such an example.

    The Myth of the Rational Voter, Sowell Edition, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Last week I did five twelve hour days training for the Census job again (this time i am a crew leader so the pay bump is nice) The only way I got through that was swilling Red Bull and taking afternoon bumps from a microscopic Tabasco bottle.

    jacked 2009

  • Even though we may be looking at a long, slow recovery, which will of course have short term bumps in its path, it almost certainly will continue to favor people who remain believers.

    Frank A. Weil: What Columbus Must Have Worried About 2010

  • Ben shared this one with me, which I primarily like because the title of the piece was “Nipple nips and groin bumps OK†™ d by Korean court.”

    Breakfast Links: Maid in the USA, Korea ok with Nipple Nips & NYC : #comments 2008

  • Short-term bumps aside, Deere will likely sell many more tractors in the years ahead.

    Deere's Prospects Look Bright -- Long Term 2009

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  • See baldyhead.

    April 23, 2009