bump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BUMP

to come into usually forceful contact with something <that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized>

Synonyms bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud

Related Words bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip; contact, land, touch; brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep; bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push

Near Antonyms miss, skirt

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