Bump

Morpheme

Bump

Type

free base

Denotation

protuberance caused by a blow, dull sounding blow, bulge out, strike heavily

Etymology

Early Modern English bump; probably of Scandinavian origin

Evidence

bump, bumpable, bumpage, bumped, bumpee, bumper, bumpier, bumpiest, bumping, bumpity, bumpless, bumplike, bumpometer, bumps, bumptious, bumptiously, bumptiousness, bumpy, goosebumps, headbump, microbump, multibump, overbumptious, unbumptious