bump vs skip

bump

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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. 

skip

noun
  • A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. 

  • A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep). 

  • A college servant. 

  • A skip car. 

  • The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. 

  • An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. 

  • The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him. 

  • The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 

  • A wheeled basket used in cotton factories. 

  • A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket. 

  • A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. 

  • A charge of syrup in the pans. 

  • A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. 

  • skywave propagation 

  • The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain. 

  • The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary. 

  • A beehive. 

  • A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. 

verb
  • To move by hopping on alternate feet. 

  • To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. 

  • To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. 

  • To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch. 

  • To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1). 

  • To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. 

  • To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). 

  • To have insufficient ink transfer. 

  • To leap about lightly. 

  • Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting). 

  • To jump rope. 

  • To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner. 

  • To leap lightly over. 

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