BUMP

Bump

Bump is an application created by Bump Technologies for the Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems. It allows two smartphone users to physically bump their phones together to transfer contact information, photos, and files to each other over the Internet. Bump also allows users to bump photos from a phone to a computer. It is the eighth most popular free app of all time and was the billionth download on Apple's App Store. Bump is free to download for both platforms. As of February 2013, there had been 125 million Bump app downloads.

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bump

Noun

  1. A light blow or jolting collision.
  2. The sound of such a collision.
  3. A protuberance on a level surface.
  4. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
  5. One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind.
    the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
  6. (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
  7. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
  8. A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
  9. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
    US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
  10. A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
  11. The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
  12. A coarse cotton fabric.
  13. A training match for a fighting dog.

Verb

  1. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
  2. To move up or down by a step.
    I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
  3. To post 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.
  4. To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
  5. To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
  6. To move the time of a scheduled event.
  7. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.


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