bump

bump

A n

1 (lump) (on body) bosse f (on à) ; (on road surface) bosse f (on, in sur) ;

2 (jolt) secousse f ; to come down with a bump fig dégringoler ○ ;

3 (sound of fall) bruit m sourd ;

4 onomat boum m ; to go bump faire boum ;

5 euph hum (of pregnant woman) ventre m ;

6 ○ (of stripper) bumps and grinds déhanchements mpl érotiques.

B vtr

1 (knock) cogner (against, on contre) ; to bump one's head se cogner la tête ; to bump the car cabosser la voiture ; to bump sb off ou from faire tomber qn de [wall, seat] ;

2 ○ US (remove) to bump sb from virer ○ qn de [passenger list, job] ;

3 ○ US Sport déloger (out of, from de) ;

4 ○ US (promote) to bump sb to catapulter ○ qn au poste de [manager, professor] ;

5 ○ US (raise) = bump up.

C vi

1 (knock) to bump against buter contre ;

2 (move jerkily) to bump along [vehicle] brinquebaler sur [road] ; to bump over [vehicle] cahoter sur [road] ; to bump up and down in [person] se faire secouer dans [vehicle].

Idioms

to come down to earth with a bump revenir sur terre ; to feel ou read sb's bumps interpréter les bosses crâniennes de qn ; things that go bump in the night les bruits effrayants de la nuit.

Phrasal verbs

■ bump into :

▶ bump into [sb/sth] (collide) rentrer dans [person, object] ; he bumped into me il m'est rentré dedans ;

▶ to bump into [sb] ○ (meet) tomber sur ○ .

■ bump off ○ :

▶ bump off [sb], bump [sb] off liquider ○ .

■ bump up ○ :

▶ bump up [sth]

1 (increase) faire grimper ○ [price, tax, wage] (from de, to à) ;

2 (exaggerate) gonfler ○ [real number].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.