0 present participle of bump --
2 to travel, usually in a vehicle, in an uncomfortable way because the surface you are moving over is rough: --
3 to remove someone from a particular position, sometimes to a different one: --
They may have accidents through bumping and burns, and this, too, leads to more expense.
The pound is bumping along at the lowest possible level.
It moved not only with considerable speed, but without "rocking the boat" and without bumping—in fact, smoothly.
He is talking about bumping against the main expenditure total of the public sector borrowing requirement.
Bumping into objects and rubbing against walls lead to a shorter life for garments.
The pound sterling is currently bumping along at a rate against the dollar which is around the all-time low.
Shipbuilding is still bumping along with the barnacles scraping the bottom.
Such people walk along the footways and find themselves bumping into motor cars which have been parked on the pavements.
