Bump

bump, v.i. to make a heavy or loud noise.— v.t. to strike with a dull sound: to strike against: to overtake and impinge upon the stern or side of a boat by the boat following, the bumper consequently taking the place of the bumped in rank—also 'to make a bump:' to spread out material in printing so as to fill any desired number of pages.— n. a dull heavy blow: a thump: a lump caused by a blow, one of the protuberances on the surface of the skull confidently a ociated by phrenologists with certain distinct qualities or propensities of the mind, hence colloquially for organ: the noise of the bittern.— n. Bump′er , a cup or gla filled to the brim for drinking a toast: anything large or generous in measure: a crowded house at a theatre or concert.— adj. as in a 'bumper house.'— v.i. to drink bumpers.— n. Bumpol′ogy , phrenology.— adj. Bump′y . [Onomatopœic.]