BUMPING Synonyms
There are 22 hypernyms of the word bumping. (close relations)
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break | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity • an unexpected piece of good luck • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other • a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) • a pause from doing something (as work) • the act of breaking something • a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something • breaking of hard tissue such as bone • the occurrence of breaking • an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) • the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool • (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving • an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity • a sudden dash • any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare • an escape from jail verb • terminate or end • become separated into pieces or fragments • render inoperable or ineffective • ruin completely • destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments • act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises • move away or escape suddenly • scatter or part • force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up • prevent completion • enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act • make submissive, obedient, or useful • fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns • surpass in excellence • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret • come into being • stop operating or functioning • interrupt a continued activity • make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing • curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves • lessen in force or effect • be broken in • come to an end • vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity • cause to give up a habit • give up • come forth or begin from a state of latency • happen or take place • cause the failure or ruin of • invalidate by judicial action • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways • assign to a lower position; reduce in rank • reduce to bankruptcy • change directions suddenly • emerge from the surface of a body of water • break down, literally or metaphorically • do a break dance • exchange for smaller units of money • destroy the completeness of a set of related items • make the opening shot that scatters the balls • separate from a clinch, in boxing • go to pieces • break a piece from a whole • become punctured or penetrated • pierce or penetrate • be released or become known; of news • cease an action temporarily • interrupt the flow of current in • undergo breaking • find a flaw in • find the solution or key to • change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another • happen • become fractured; break or crack on the surface only • crack; of the male voice in puberty • fall sharply • fracture a bone of • diminish or discontinue abruptly • weaken or destroy in spirit or body | ||||||||
bulge | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings verb • swell or protrude outwards • bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge • bulge outward • cause to bulge or swell outwards | ||||||||
chance | nounn | |||||||
noun • a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • a risk involving danger • a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible • the possibility of future success adjective satellite • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance verb • be the case by chance • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome • come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||||||||
demote | verbv | |||||||
verb • assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | ||||||||
dislodge | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove or force out from a position • change place or direction • remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied | ||||||||
encounter | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a minor short-term fight • a casual or unexpected convergence • a casual meeting with a person or thing • a hostile disagreement face-to-face verb • come together • come upon, as if by accident; meet with • be beset by • experience as a reaction • contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | ||||||||
excrescence | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | ||||||||
extrusion | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • squeezing out by applying pressure | ||||||||
find | verbv | |||||||
noun • a productive insight • the act of discovering something verb • come upon, as if by accident; meet with • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes • come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost • establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study • come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds • perceive or be contemporaneous with • get something or somebody for a specific purpose • make a discovery, make a new finding • obtain through effort or management • decide on and make a declaration about • receive a specified treatment (abstract) • perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place • get or find back; recover the use of • succeed in reaching; arrive at • accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation | ||||||||
gibbosity | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | ||||||||
gibbousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | ||||||||
happen | verbv | |||||||
verb • come to pass • happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation • come into being; become reality • come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||||||||
jut | verbv | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • the act of projecting out from something verb • extend out or project in space | ||||||||
knock | verbv | |||||||
noun • the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) • negative criticism • a vigorous blow • a bad experience • the act of hitting vigorously verb • deliver a sharp blow or push • rap with the knuckles • knock against with force or violence • make light, repeated taps on a surface • sound like a car engine that is firing too early • find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | ||||||||
prominence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent • relative importance or fame • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | ||||||||
protrusion | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • the act of projecting out from something | ||||||||
protuberance | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out | ||||||||
relegate | verbv | |||||||
verb • refer to another person for decision or judgment • assign to a lower position; reduce in rank • expel, as if by official decree • assign to a class or kind | ||||||||
slap | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) • the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand adverb • directly verb • hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand • to play music at loud volume | ||||||||
swelling | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | ||||||||