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rebumps

rebumps is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rebumps

What is rebumps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rebumps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rebump.

Words near rebumps in the dictionary

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

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