Used in a Sentence

bumps

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bumps.

Editorial note

The protagonist drove a load of nitroglycerin over washboard by going fast enough to float over the bumps.

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Quick take

(British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bumps gathered in one view.

noun

(British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bumps.

noun

(British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.

Example sentences

1

The protagonist drove a load of nitroglycerin over washboard by going fast enough to float over the bumps.

2

Let's have roads with nasty speed bumps before all intersections, which are all annoying, impossible to cross fast, roundabouts.

3

All other things being equal, giving everybody a subsidy just bumps the rent by the same amount.

4

The only possibility is to recreate theme from scratch and pray that nothing would be broken when minor bumps again.

5

If you consider the release of my web version to also count, then about that bumps up to about 5%.

6

A driving plane has very poor suspension - it's bumpy and the bumps are leveraged by the tall landing gears.

7

This is relatively common in the military where being married bumps up your salary and gives your spouse free health care.

8

Springs decrease the effect, but springs in railway carriages tend to be quite stiff, as the rail shouldn't have large bumps.

9

This bumps up my list of food-related maths from 3 to 4.

10

Drivers also often in beat-up cars, often related to high auto insurance – that may create an attitude of not caring as much about bumps.

11

Definitely less dangerous than a kerosene lamp, but I'd be worried about poorly attached weights falling if someone bumps their head on it.

12

If everyone gets two points, and it bumps up everyone's GPAs, then of course it will benefit them all, especially in comparison to people who are not in the class.

Quote examples

1

Adding "ruby" to the query bumps that link to the top.

2

As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work." I got goose bumps reading Elon's response at the end of the article.

3

They don't provide the same ABI (just mostly the same API), and in fact they have "so bumps" all the time, which means they break ABI compatibility with themselves all the time and need to increment the shared library major number.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bumps in a sentence?

The protagonist drove a load of nitroglycerin over washboard by going fast enough to float over the bumps.

What does bumps mean?

(British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.

What part of speech is bumps?

bumps is commonly used as noun.