BUMP

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A light blow or jolting collision.

   “His car had a tiny bump with a moving bus.”

2. isim The 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. isim A protuberance on a level surface.
4. isim A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

   “It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.”

5. isim One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymic) the faculty itself

   “the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness”

6. isim The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
7. isim The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
8. isim A 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.
9. isim A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.

   “US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.”

10. isim A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
11. isim A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.

    “We sing […] "God Save the Queen" done in mime and finally "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley" to a Hawaiian rock with Phoebe doing the bump.”

12. isim In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
13. isim A coarse cotton fabric.
14. isim A training match for a fighting dog.
15. isim The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
16. isim Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

    “Call me the juice and you know I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.”

17. isim A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
18. isim A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.

    “For example, chain bumping, in which a bump by one employee initiates a series of consecutive bumps down a progression line before a layoff results, produces the greatest average number of reassignments per redundant employee.”

19. isim In 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.
20. isim A minor problem or difficulty.

    “"I'll try my best, but we still have a few bumps to work out," Ryder muttered.”

21. fiil To knock against or run into with a jolt.

    “Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.”

22. fiil To move up or down by a step; displace.

    “I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.”

23. fiil To 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.

    “As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "bump" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.”

24. fiil To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

    “Heat until the liquid bumps, then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.”

25. fiil To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

    “Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]”

26. fiil To move the time of (a scheduled event).

    “A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.”

27. fiil To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
28. fiil To increase (a version number).
29. fiil To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.

    “as a bittern bumps within a reed”

30. fiil To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.