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rebumping

rebumping is the present participle and gerund of rebump.

Meaning of rebump

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

Questions about rebumping

What is rebumping the present participle and gerund of?
Rebumping is the present participle and gerund of rebump.

Words near rebumping in the dictionary

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

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