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▸ noun: The sound of such a collision.
▸ noun: A protuberance on a level surface.
▸ noun: A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
▸ noun: (obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself
▸ noun: (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
▸ noun: The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
▸ noun: (Internet) 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.
▸ noun: A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
▸ noun: (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
▸ noun: (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
▸ noun: In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
▸ noun: (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
▸ noun: A training match for a fighting dog.
▸ noun: (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
▸ noun: (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
▸ noun: (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
▸ noun: (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
▸ noun: (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
▸ noun: (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
▸ verb: To knock against or run into with a jolt.
▸ verb: To move up or down by a step; displace.
▸ verb: (Internet) 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.
▸ verb: (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
▸ verb: (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
▸ verb: (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
▸ verb: (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
▸ verb: (printing, dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
▸ verb: (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
▸ verb: (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
▸ verb: (colloquial, dated) To anger, irritate.
▸ verb: (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
▸ verb: (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
▸ verb: (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
▸ noun: The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
▸ verb: Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
▸ noun: A surname.
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