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BUMPY (bumpier, bumpiest)
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, bumpiest Dictionary entry overview: What does bumpy mean?
• BUMPY (adjective)
The adjective BUMPY has 2 senses:
1. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
2. covered with or full of bumps
Familiarity information: BUMPY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: bumpiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
Synonyms:
bumpy; jolting; jolty; jumpy; rocky; rough
Context example:
a rough ride
Derivation:
bump (an impact (as from a collision))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Covered with or full of bumps
Context example:
a bumpy country road
Similar:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Derivation:
bumpiness (the texture of a surface that has many bumps)
Context examples
If you are dating seriously, you may feel that despite some bumpy periods, you feel better about the future of your relationship and might feel more positive about some of the complex areas that have concerned you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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