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{
"term": "bump",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "bump",
"heSheIt": "bumps"
},
"pastSimple": "bumped",
"pastParticiple": "bumped",
"ingForm": "bumping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to hit somebody/something by accident",
"sensetop": "bump into somebody/somethingbump against somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In the dark I bumped into a chair.",
"contextForm": "bump into somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The car bumped against the kerb.",
"contextForm": "bump against somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "I bumped into the corner of a table as I left."
},
{
"text": "I ran after her, bumping against people in my rush."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accidentally", "gently", "almost"],
"preposition": ["against", "into", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to hit something, especially a part of your body, against or on something",
"sensetop": "bump something (against/on something)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Be careful not to bump your head on the beam when you stand up."
},
{
"text": "I bumped my head on the door frame."
},
{
"text": "She bumped her knee as she was climbing into the pool."
},
{
"text": "Their boat came up alongside, bumping the side of ours."
},
{
"text": "Toddlers are always falling over and bumping their heads."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accidentally", "gently", "almost"],
"preposition": ["against", "into", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move across a rough surface",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.bump something + adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The jeep bumped along the dirt track.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "The car **bumped its way** slowly down the drive.",
"contextForm": "bump something + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "She entered the subway, bumping her bags down the steps."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to move somebody from one group or position to another; to remove somebody from a group",
"sensetop": "bump somebody + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The airline apologized and bumped us up to first class."
},
{
"text": "If you are bumped off an airline because of overbooking, you are entitled to compensation."
},
{
"text": "The coach told him he had been bumped from the crew."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by air"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bʌmp/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bump__gb_5.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bʌmps/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bumps__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bʌmpt/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bumped__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbʌmpɪŋ/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bumping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bʌmp/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bump__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bʌmps/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bumps__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bʌmpt/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bumped__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbʌmpɪŋ/",
"audio": "bu/bump/bumping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin."
}