[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike :His car bumped a truck.", "to cause to strike or collide:He bumped the car against a tree.", "to dislodge or displace by the force of collision.", "to dislodge by appropriating the privileges of:The airline bumped me from the flight.", "to demote or dismiss:He was bumped from his job.", "to force upward; raise :Demand from abroad bumped the price of corn.", "to move to a new position:We had to bump your story to next week's paper.", "Digital Technology.to move (an online post or thread) to the top of the reverse chronological list by adding a new comment or post to the thread:I bumped the question I posted last week to make it more visible.", "Poker. raise(def24) raise(def24)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to come in contact or collide with (often followed byagainstorinto):She bumped into me.", "to bounce along; proceed in a series of jolts:The old car bumped down the road.", "to dance by thrusting the pelvis forward abruptly, in a provocative manner, especially to the accompaniment of an accented musical beat.Compare grind(def14) grind(def14).", "to boil with violent jolts caused by the sudden eruption of large bubbles through the surface."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act or instance of bumping; collision ; blow .", "the shock of a blow or collision.", "a swelling or contusion from a blow.", "a small area raised above the level of the surrounding surface; protuberance :He tripped over a bump on the sidewalk.", "Informal.a promotion or demotion; transfer to a higher or lower level:He got a bump to vice president of the company.", "Informal.an increase in amount, especially of salary or a wager:He asked the boss for a ten-dollar bump.", "Aeronautics.a rapidly rising current of air that gives an airplane a severe upward thrust.", "a dance movement in which the pelvis is abruptly thrust forward in a provocative manner, especially to the accompaniment of an accented musical beat.Compare grind(def20) grind(def20).", "Mining. crump(def6) crump(def6).", "Television. bumper1(def9a) bumper1(def9a)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Slang.to kill, especially to murder:They bumped him off because he knew too much.", "Informal.to meet by chance:I bumped into an old friend yesterday."]}]