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bumpety

bumpety interjection: a bumping sound suggesting a jolting motion.

Interjection

  1. A bumping sound suggesting a jolting motion.
    • I dropped the cup and it fell bumpety-bump down the stairs.

Origin of bumpety

Imitative, from bump + -ety. Compare clickety.

Questions about bumpety

What does bumpety mean?
Bumpety means a bumping sound suggesting a jolting motion.
What part of speech is bumpety?
Bumpety is an interjection.

Words near bumpety in the dictionary

  1. bumperfish
  2. bumpering
  3. bumperize
  4. bumpers
  5. bumpery
  6. bumpety
  7. bumpf
  8. bumpfire
  9. bumpfired
  10. bumpfires
  11. bumpfiring

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