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Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
2) v. i. - To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
3) n. - A thump; a heavy blow.
4) n. - A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
5) n. - 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."
6) n. - The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
7) v. i. - To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
8) n. - The noise made by the bittern.
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