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bumpy

/ˈbʌmpi/

bumpy adjective: rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.

Adjective

bumpy (comparative bumpier, superlative bumpiest)

  1. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
    • a bumpy ride
    • a bumpy flight
  2. Covered with or full of bumps.
    • bumpy road

bumpy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

bumpy in Tamil

ஆட்டியலைக்கின்ற, அதிரச்செய்கிற

bumpy in Urdu

ناہموار

bumpy in Bengali

বাম্পি

bumpy in Malayalam

rough, uneven, rutted
അസമ, ഉയർന്നും താണുമുള്ള, സമനിരപ്പില്ലാത്ത, നിമ്നോന്നതമായ, നിരപ്പല്ലാത്ത, കുണ്ടും കുഴിയുമുള്ള
bouncy, jolting, rough
ഇളകിത്തുള്ളുന്ന, കുണ്ടും കുഴിയുമുള്ള, പിടിച്ചുകുലുക്കുന്ന, തെന്നിത്തെന്നിനീങ്ങുന്ന, കുലുക്കമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, താഡനത്താലെന്ന പോലെ ഞെട്ടൽ ഏല്പിക്കുന്ന
inconsistent, variable, irregular
കുലുക്കമുള്ള, ഇളക്കമുള്ള, സ്ഥിരതയില്ലാത്ത, മാറിമറിയുന്ന, ക്രമപ്രകാരമല്ലാത്ത, ക്രമരഹിതമായ
More languagesFewer languages
bumpy in Kannada
ಕುಲುಕಿಸುವ, ಎತ್ತೆತ್ತಿ ಹಾಕುವ, ಏರು ಪೇರಾಗಿರುವ, ಉಬ್ಬುತಗ್ಗಾದ
bumpy in Nepali
बम्पी
bumpy in Vietnamese
gồ ghề

Examples of bumpy in a sentence

  • Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
  • It was small and bumpy, with a tinge of orange.
  • We prepared for a bumpy ride.

All 20 example sentences with bumpy

Forms of bumpy

comparativebumpier
superlativebumpiest

Origin of bumpy

From bump + -y.

Words formed from bumpy

Phrases with bumpy

Words that rhyme with bumpy

8 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about bumpy

What does bumpy mean?
Bumpy means rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
What is bumpy in Tamil?
Bumpy in Tamil is ஆட்டியலைக்கின்ற, அதிரச்செய்கிற. See Bumpy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bumpy?
Bumpy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bumpy?
Bumpy is pronounced /ˈbʌmpi/.

Words near bumpy in the dictionary

  1. bumpstocks
  2. bumptious
  3. bumptiously
  4. bumptiousness
  5. bumptiousnesses
  6. bumpy
  7. bumpy pavement
  8. bumpy pavements
  9. bumrush
  10. bumrushed
  11. bumrushes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bumpy (page history and authors); bumpy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bumpy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bumpy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bumpy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bumpy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bumpy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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