bump

intj

Etymology: From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.

1. Posted 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.

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Early Modern English; onomatopoeic.

1. The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.

verb

Etymology: From Early Modern English; onomatopoeic.

1. Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.