bumping

Verb

bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)

1. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
   • Their car got bumped while they were turning at the junction.
2. To move up or down by a step; displace.
   • I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
3. (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.
   • As in [the online forum] carersvoicesnz, certain contributors were more visible, taking the initiative to "bump" the thread to bring it back into view if it went quiet.2015, Barbara Horrell, Christine Stephens, Mary Breheny, “Online Research with Informal Caregivers: Opportunities and Challenges”, in Qualitative Research in Psychology, volume 12, number 3, →DOI...
4. (physical) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
   • Heat until the liquid bumps, then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.1916, Albert Prescott Mathews, Physiological chemistry
5. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
   • Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline, page 192
6. (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
   • A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, page 332

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