"bumps" meaning in English

See bumps in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʌmps/
Rhymes: -ʌmps Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} bumps
  1. plural of bump Tags: form-of, plural Form of: bump
    Sense id: en-bumps-en-noun-Uz11sPLs
  2. (British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday. Tags: British, with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-bumps-en-noun-yXV4gDjn Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bumps race

Verb

IPA: /bʌmps/
Rhymes: -ʌmps Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bumps
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bump Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: bump
    Sense id: en-bumps-en-verb--Fxxit0s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 11 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 7 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 91
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bumps race"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "bumps",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of bump"
      ],
      "id": "en-bumps-en-noun-Uz11sPLs",
      "links": [
        [
          "bump",
          "bump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday."
      ],
      "id": "en-bumps-en-noun-yXV4gDjn",
      "links": [
        [
          "tossing",
          "tossing"
        ],
        [
          "birthday",
          "birthday"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, with \"the\") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "with-definite-article"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʌmps/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bumps"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "bumps",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 11 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 7 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of bump"
      ],
      "id": "en-bumps-en-verb--Fxxit0s",
      "links": [
        [
          "bump",
          "bump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʌmps/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bumps"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmps",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmps/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bumps race"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "bumps",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of bump"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bump",
          "bump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tossing",
          "tossing"
        ],
        [
          "birthday",
          "birthday"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, with \"the\") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "with-definite-article"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʌmps/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bumps"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmps",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmps/1 syllable"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "bumps",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of bump"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bump",
          "bump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʌmps/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bumps"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bumps meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (f2d86ce and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.