{
    "term": "bump",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "bump",
            "heSheIt": "bumps"
        },
        "pastSimple": "bumped",
        "pastParticiple": "bumped",
        "ingForm": "bumping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to hit somebody/something by accident",
            "sensetop": "bump into somebody/somethingbump against somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the dark I bumped into a chair.",
                    "contextForm": "bump into somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car bumped against the kerb.",
                    "contextForm": "bump against somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bumped into the corner of a table as I left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I ran after her, bumping against people in my rush."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accidentally", "gently", "almost"],
                "preposition": ["against", "into", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to hit something, especially a part of your body, against or on something",
            "sensetop": "bump something (against/on something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Be careful not to bump your head on the beam when you stand up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bumped my head on the door frame."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bumped her knee as she was climbing into the pool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their boat came up alongside, bumping the side of ours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Toddlers are always falling over and bumping their heads."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accidentally", "gently", "almost"],
                "preposition": ["against", "into", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move across a rough surface",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.bump something + adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The jeep bumped along the dirt track.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car **bumped its way** slowly down the drive.",
                    "contextForm": "bump something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She entered the subway, bumping her bags down the steps."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to move somebody from one group or position to another; to remove somebody from a group",
            "sensetop": "bump somebody + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The airline apologized and bumped us up to first class."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you are bumped off an airline because of overbooking, you are entitled to compensation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coach told him he had been bumped from the crew."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌmp/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bump__gb_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌmps/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bumps__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌmpt/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bumped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌmpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bumping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌmp/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bump__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌmps/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bumps__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌmpt/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bumped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌmpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bu/bump/bumping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin."
}