Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 92
Bullfighting (n.) The activity at a bullfight.
Bullfight (n.) Alt. of Bullfighting.
Bullfighting (n.) A sport of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain, Portugal and Latin American. In the Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after the bull has been weakened by wounds from small barbed rods, and after he has displayed courage and artistic skill in causing the bull to charge many times while he stands still or nearly still. In some versions the bull is not killed. Occasionally the matador is wounded or killed by the bull. -- Bull"fight`er, n.
Syn: corrida.
Bullfighting (n.) The activity at a bullfight [syn: bullfighting, tauromachy].
Bullfight (n.) A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators [syn: bullfight, corrida].
Bullfinch (n.) (Zool.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.
Note: As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable power of learning to whistle correctly various musical airs.
Crimson-fronted bullfinch. (Zool.) See Burion.
Pine bullfinch, The pine finch. Bullfist
Bullfinch (n.) United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844) [syn: Bullfinch, Charles Bullfinch].
Bullfinch (n.) Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast [syn: bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula].
Compare: Puffball
Puffball (n.) (Bot.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.
Bullfist (n.) Alt. of Bullfice.
Bullfice (n.) (Bot.) A kind of fungus. See Puffball. Bull fly
Bull fly (n.) Alt. of Bullfly.
Bullfly (n.) (Zool.) Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies.
Bullfrog (n.) (Zool.) A very large species of frog ({Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.
Bullfrog (n.) Largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice [syn: bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana].
Bullhead (n.) (Zool.) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.
Bullhead (n.) (Zool.) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
Bullhead (n.) (Zool.) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
Bullhead (n.) (Zool.) The black-bellied plover ({Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
Bullhead (n.) (Zool.) The golden plover.
Bullhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] -- Jonson.
Bullhead (n.) (Zool.) A small black water insect. -- E. Phillips.
Bullhead whiting (Zool.), The kingfish of Florida ({Menticirrus alburnus).
Bullhead (n.) Freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines.
Bullhead (n.) Any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States [syn: bullhead, bullhead catfish].
Bullhead, SD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in South Dakota
Population (2000): 308
Housing Units (2000): 74
Land area (2000): 3.009861 sq. miles (7.795505 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.076795 sq. miles (0.198898 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.086656 sq. miles (7.994403 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08460
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 45.767129 N, 101.081841 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bullhead, SD
Bullhead
Bullheaded (a.) Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.
Bullheaded (a.) Obstinate and stupid [syn: bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded].
Bullion (n.) Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.
Note: Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate.
The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin.
Bullion (n.) Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.]
And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, And damm for bullion, go for current now. -- Sylvester.
Bullion (n.) Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.]
The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. -- Skelton.
Bullion (n.) Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
Bullion (n.) A mass of precious metal.
Bullion (n.) Gold or silver in bars or ingots.
Bullion. () In its usual acceptation, is uncoined gold or silver, in bars, plates, or other masses. 1 East, P. C. 188.
Bullion. () In the acts of Congress, the term is also applied to copper properly manufactured for the purpose of being coined into money. For the acts of Congress, authorizing the coinage of bullion for private individuals, see Act of April 2, 1792, s. 14, 1 Story, 230; Act of May 19, 1828, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's Laws U. S. 2120; Act of June 28, 1834, Id. 2376; Act of January 18, 1837, Id. 2522 to 2529. See, for the English law on the subject of crimes against bullion, 1 Hawk. P. C. 32 to 41.
Bullionist (n.) An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.
Bullirag (n.) To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger. [Low]
Bullish (a.) Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.
Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as bullish. -- Milton.
Bullish (a.) Expecting a rise in prices.
Bullist (n.) A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.] -- Harmar.
Bullition (n.) The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition. -- Bacon.
Bull-necked (a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. -- Sir W. Scott. [Narrower terms: mesomorphic]
Bullock (v. t.) To bully. [Obs.]
She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me.
Bullock (n.) A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.
Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old. -- Judges vi. 25.
Bullock (n.) An ox, steer, or stag.
Bullock (n.) Young bull.
Bullock (n.) Castrated bull [syn: bullock, steer].
Bullock, () The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle (Isa. 65:25). It is also rendered "cow" (Ezek. 4:15), "ox" (Gen. 12:16).
Bullock, () The translation of a word always meaning an animal of the ox kind, without distinction of age or sex (Hos. 12:11). It is rendered "cow" (Num. 18:17) and "ox" (Lev. 17:3).
Bullock, () Another word is rendered in the same way (Jer. 31:18). It is also translated "calf" (Lev. 9:3; Micah 6:6). It is the same word used of the "molten calf" (Ex. 32:4, 8) and "the golden calf" (1 Kings 12:28).
Bullock, () In Judg. 6:25; Isa. 34:7, the Hebrew word is different.
It is the customary word for bulls offered in sacrifice. In Hos. 14:2, the Authorized Version has "calves," the Revised Version "bullocks."
Bullock -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 11714
Housing Units (2000): 4727
Land area (2000): 625.012619 sq. miles (1618.775183 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.043659 sq. miles (2.703063 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 626.056278 sq. miles (1621.478246 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 32.098285 N, 85.704915 W
Headwords:
Bullock
Bullock, AL
Bullock County
Bullock County, AL
Bullock's-eye (n.) See Bull's-eye, 3.
Bullon (n.) A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis).
Bullpout (n.) See Bullhead, 1 (b).
Bull's-eye (n.) (Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
Bull's-eye (n.) A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
Bull's-eye (n.) A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
Bull's-eye (n.) A circular or oval opening for air or light.
Bull's-eye (n.) A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. -- Dickens.
Bull's-eye (n.) (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
Bull's-eye (n.) (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target.
Bull's-eye (n.) A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
Bull's-eye (n.) A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.]
Bull's-eye (n.) something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; as, to score a bull's eye.
Syn: bell ringer, mark.
Bull's-nose (n.) (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
Bull's-nose (n.) (Arch.) By crossing the bulldog with terriers.
Syn: bull terrier. Bull terrier
Bull terrier, () (Zool.) A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.
Bull terrier (n.) A powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers [syn: bullterrier, bull terrier].
Bull trout () (Zool.) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout.
Bull trout () (Zool.) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
Bull trout () (Zool.) The huso or salmon of the Danube. -- Prior.
Compare: Knapweed
Knapweed (n.) (Bot.) The black centaury ({Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.
Bullweed (n.) (Bot.) Knapweed. -- Prior.
Bullwort (n.) See Bishop's-weed.
Bullies (n. pl.) of Bully.
Bully (interj.) Well done! Excellent!
Bully (n.) [C] 恃強欺弱者；惡霸；【古】為妓女拉客者，拉皮條者 A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. -- Palmerston.
Bully (n.) A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] -- Shak.
Bully (a.) Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." -- Shak.
Bully (a.) Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
Bullied (imp. & p. p.) of Bully.
Bullying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bully.
Bully (v. t.) 威嚇，脅迫；欺侮 [（+into/ out of）] To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.
For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. -- Tatler.
Syn: To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
Bully (v. i.) 欺負 To act as a bully.
Bully (a.) 好的，第一流的 Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking}, {cracking}, {dandy}, {great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat}, {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}].
Bully (n.) A cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yob}, {yobo}, {yobbo}].
Bully (n.) A hired thug.
Bully (v.) Be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" [syn: {strong-arm}, {bully}, {browbeat}, {bullyrag}, {ballyrag}, {boss around}, {hector}, {push around}].
Bully (v.) Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate [syn: {browbeat}, {bully}, {swagger}].
Bully (n.) A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.
‘He is a ranting, domineering bully.’
Bully (v.) [Wuth object] Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).
‘Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school.’
‘A local man was bullied into helping them.’
Bullying (n.) [U] 霸凌；恃強欺弱（行為）；bully 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 The use of strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people.
// Bullying is a problem in many schools.
// He refused to give in to bullying and threats.
// Bullying behaviour/ tactics.
Bullyrag (v. t.) Same as Bullirag.
Bullyrag (v.) Be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" [syn: strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around].
Bullyrook (n.) A bully. [Slang Obs.] -- Shak.
Bully tree () (Bot.) The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.
Bulrush (n.) (Bot.) A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
Note: The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia and Typha angustifolia) and to the lake club-rush ({Scirpus lacustris); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
Compare: Cattail
Cattail, Cat-tail (n.) (Bot.) A tall erect rush or flag ({Typha latifolia) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword-shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense cylindrical spike at the top of the stem; -- called also bulrush and reed mace. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.
Note: The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia.
Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc. [India] -- Macaulay.
Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]
Bulti (n.) (Zool.) Same as Bolty.
Compare: Chromid
Chromid (n.) (Zool.) One of the {Chromid[ae]}, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fishes, as the {bulti} of the Nile.
Compare: Spillet fishing
Spillet fishing, Spilliard fishing, () A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called {trawl fishing}, {bultow}, or {bultow fishing}, and {long-line fishing}.
Bultow (n.) A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
Bulwarked (imp. & p. p.) of Bulwark.
Bulwarking (n.) of Bulwark.
Bulwark (v. t.) To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With rising towers. -- Glover.
Bulwark (n.) (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
Bulwark (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. -- Blackstone.
Bulwark (n.) pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
Syn: See {Rampart}.
Bulwark (n.) An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: {rampart}, {bulwark}, {wall}].
Bulwark (n.) A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
Bulwark (n.) A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [syn: {breakwater}, {groin}, {groyne}, {mole}, {bulwark}, {seawall}, {jetty}].
Bulwark (v.) Defend with a bulwark.
Bum, () To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code." "I spent half the night bumming the interrupt code." In elder days, John McCarthy (inventor of Lisp) used to compare some efficiency-obsessed hackers among his students to "ski bums"; thus, optimisation became "program bumming", and eventually just "bumming."
Bum, () To squeeze out excess; to remove something in order to improve whatever it was removed from (without changing function; this distinguishes the process from a featurectomy).
Bum, () A small change to an algorithm, program, or hardware device to make it more efficient. "This hardware bum makes the jump instruction faster."
Usage: now uncommon, largely superseded by v. tune (and tweak, hack), though none of these exactly capture sense
Bum, () All these uses are rare in Commonwealth hackish, because in the parent dialects of English "bum" is a rude synonym for "buttocks". [Jargon File]
Bum (n.) The buttock. [Low] -- Shak.
Bummed (imp. & p. p.) of Bum.
Bumming (n.) of Bum.
Bum (v. i.) To make murmuring or humming sound. -- Jamieson.
{to bum around} To wander about idly or aimlessly.
Bum (v. t.) To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; as, to bum a cigarette; to bum a cup of coffee; -- usually with inexpensive items as the object. [informal]
Bum (n.) A humming noise. -- Halliwell.
Bum (a.) Of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: {bum}, {cheap}, {cheesy}, {chintzy}, {crummy}, {punk}, {sleazy}, {tinny}].
Bum (n.) A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty dog}, {rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum}, {puke}, {crumb}, {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}, {git}].
Bum (n.) A disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: {tramp}, {hobo}, {bum}].
Bum (n.) Person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: {idler}, {loafer}, {do-nothing}, {layabout}, {bum}].
Bum (n.) The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}].
Bum (v.) Ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: {mooch}, {bum}, {cadge}, {grub}, {sponge}]
Bum (v.) Be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: {bum}, {bum around}, {bum about}, {arse around}, {arse about}, {fuck off}, {loaf}, {frig around}, {waste one's time}, {lounge around}, {loll}, {loll around}, {lounge about}].
Bumbailiff (n.) [Low, Eng.] See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.
Bumbard () See Bombard. [Obs.]
Bumbarge (n.) See Bumboat. -- Carlyle.
Bumbast () See Bombast. [Obs.]
Bumbeloes (n. pl.) of Bumbelo.
Bumbelo (n.) A glass used in subliming camphor. [Spelled also {bombolo} and {bumbolo}.]
Bumble (n.) (Zool.) The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
Bumble (v. i.) To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.
As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. -- Chaucer.
Bumble (v. i.) To act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with around.
Bumble (v. t.) To bungle (a task).
Bumble (v.) Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: {botch}, {bodge}, {bumble}, {fumble}, {botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball up}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}].
Bumble (v.) Walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn: {stumble}, {falter}, {bumble}].
Bumble (v.) Speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" [syn: {bumble}, {stutter}, {stammer}, {falter}].
Bumblebee (n.) (Zool.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
Bumblebee (n.) Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions [syn: {bumblebee}, {humblebee}].
Bumboat (n.) (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
Bumboat (n.) A small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor.
Bumfuzzle (v. t.) (Bumfuzzled, bumfuzzling) (Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.) 使混淆，使迷惑 To confuse or fluster.
Compare: Confuse
Confuse (v.) [ T ] (B2) 使困惑，使糊塗；使混亂 To mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand.
// You're confusing him! Tell him slowly and one thing at a time.
// Stop confusing the issue (= making the problem unnecessarily difficult)!
Compare: Confuse
Confuse (v.) [ T ] (B2) 將…混同，將…混淆 To mix up two separate things or people in your mind, imagining that they are one.
// You're confusing me with my sister - she's the singer.
// It's easy to confuse his films, because he tends to use the same actors.
Compare: Fluster
Fluster (v.) [ T ] 使心煩意亂；使緊張 To make someone upset and confused, especially when they are trying to do something.
Compare: Fluster
Fluster (n.) [ S ] 使心煩意亂；使緊張 An upset and confused state.
// The important thing when you're cooking for a lot of people is not to get in a fluster.
Bumkin (n.) (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also {boomkin}.]
Bummalo (n.) (Zool.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.
Bummer (n.) An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a loafer; a dissipated sponger; one who bums. [Slang, U.S.]
Bummer (n.) An unpleasant event, experience, or situation; as, getting caught in a cloudburst while wearing my best suit was a bummer. [Slang, U.S.]
Bummer (n.) An experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing; "having to stand in line so long was a real bummer."
Bummer (n.) A bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug.
Bummery (n.) See Bottomery. [Obs.]
There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond. -- R. North.
Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed. -- Dryden.
Bump (n.) The noise made by the bittern.
Bumped (imp. & p. p.) of Bump.
Bumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bump.
Bump (v. t.) To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
Bump (v. i.) To come in violent contact with something; to thump. "Bumping and jumping." -- Southey.
Bump (n.) A thump; a heavy blow.
Bump (n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. -- Shak.
Bump (n.) (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness." [Colloq.]
Bump (n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
Bump (n.) A lump on the body caused by a blow.
Bump (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {swelling}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}].
Bump (n.) An impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" [syn: {blow}, {bump}].
Bump (v.) Knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: {bump}, {knock}].
Bump (v.) Come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {happen}, {chance}, {bump}, {encounter}].
Bump (v.) Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind."
Bump (v.) Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" [syn: {demote}, {bump}, {relegate}, {break}, {kick downstairs}] [ant: {advance}, {elevate}, {kick upstairs}, {promote}, {raise}, {upgrade}]
Bump (v.) Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" [syn: {dislodge}, {bump}].