bounce vs bump

bounce

verb
  • To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly. 

  • (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse. 

  • To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added. 

  • To leave. 

  • To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly. 

  • To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account). 

  • To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound. 

  • To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results. 

  • To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. 

  • To move rapidly (between). 

  • To attack unexpectedly. 

  • To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum. 

  • To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds. 

  • To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback. 

  • To return undelivered. 

  • To turn power off and back on; to reset. 

noun
  • A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants. 

  • Drugs. 

  • Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish. 

  • An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure. 

  • The sack, dismissal. 

  • Swagger. 

  • A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. 

  • A bang, boom. 

  • A talent for leaping. 

  • A good beat in music. 

  • A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. 

bump

verb
  • To move up or down by a step; displace. 

  • To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins. 

  • To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. 

  • To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority. 

  • To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations. 

  • To move the time of (a scheduled event). 

  • To knock against or run into with a jolt. 

  • To assassinate; to bump off. 

  • Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call. 

  • To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid. 

intj
  • Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. 

noun
  • A protuberance on a level surface. 

  • The jaw of either of the middle pockets. 

  • A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally. 

  • A training match for a fighting dog. 

  • A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury. 

  • The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead. 

  • The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman. 

  • In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope. 

  • A coarse cotton fabric. 

  • The sound of such a collision. 

  • A light blow or jolting collision. 

  • A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. 

  • Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response. 

  • The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom. 

  • A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph. 

  • A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together. 

  • A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority. 

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