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rebump

rebump verb: to catch (a boat) again, in a bumps race.

Verb

rebump (third-person singular simple present rebumps, present participle rebumping, simple past and past participle rebumped)

  1. (transitive) To catch (a boat) again, in a bumps race.
    • The next day we were able to rebump Merton before they caught Lincoln, so could only row over, but on Wednesday we bumped Lincoln in the Gut.1884, The Oxford Magazine, volume 2, page 268

Forms of rebump

third-person singular presentrebumps
present participlerebumping
past participlerebumped
pastrebumped

Origin of rebump

From re- + bump.

Questions about rebump

What does rebump mean?
Rebump means to catch (a boat) again, in a bumps race.
What part of speech is rebump?
Rebump is a verb.
What is the past tense of rebump?
The past tense of rebump is rebumped.

Words near rebump in the dictionary

  1. rebulk
  2. rebulked
  3. rebulking
  4. rebulks
  5. rebullition
  6. rebump
  7. rebumped
  8. rebumping
  9. rebumps
  10. rebunch
  11. rebunched

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