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bump

English

Etymology

From Early Modern English bump (a shock, blow from a collision", also "to make a heavy, hollow sound, boom), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish bump (a thump), Danish bumpe (to thump), Old Danish bumpe (to strike with a clenched fist). Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (to make a hollow noise), Dutch bommen (to hum, buzz), German bummen (to hum, buzz), Icelandic bumba (drum), probably of imitative origin. More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?mp/
  • Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

bump (countable and uncountable, plural bumps)

  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. (obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself
    • c.1845 Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100:
      Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.
  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. (Internet) 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.
  10. (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
  11. The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
  12. (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
  13. In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
  14. (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
  15. A training match for a fighting dog.
  16. (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
  17. (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)

  1. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
  2. To move up or down by a step; displace.
  3. (Internet) 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. (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
  5. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
    • 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
      Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' []
  6. (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
    • 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, p. 332:
      A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
  7. (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
  8. (intransitive, archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
    • as a bittern bumps within a reed
  9. (printing, dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
  10. (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
    • 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
      You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

bump

  1. (Internet) 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.

Danish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare English bump.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bom?p/, [?b??m?b?]
  • Homophone: bomb

Noun

bump n (singular definite bumpet, plural indefinite bump)

  1. thud
  2. jolt
  3. road hump

Inflection

Derived terms

  • vejbump
  • bumpe

Verb

bump (form)

  1. imperative of bumpe

Welsh

Numeral

bump

  1. Soft mutation of pump (five).

Mutation

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tap

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæp/, [t?æp]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /t??p/
  • Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

From Middle English tappe, from Old English tæppa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô. The verb is from Middle English tappen, from Old English tæppian, from Proto-Germanic *tapp?n?, from the noun.

Noun

tap (plural taps)

  1. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
    Synonyms: spigot, spile
  2. A device used to dispense liquids.
    Synonyms: faucet, handle, spigot, spout
  3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
  4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
    Synonyms: taproom, bar
  5. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
  6. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
  7. An interception of communication by authority.
  8. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. [from 20th c.]
  9. (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
    Synonym: paracentesis
  10. (finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
    tap issue; a bond tap
Derived terms
  • tapless
  • taproom
  • taproot
  • tap water
Translations

Verb

tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

  1. To furnish with taps.
  2. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
  3. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
  4. To exploit.
  5. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. [from 19th c.]
  6. To intercept a communication without authority.
    Synonym: eavesdrop
  7. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
  8. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
  9. (informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.
  10. (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
  11. To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
Derived terms
  • on tap
  • on the tap
  • tap into
  • tapped out
  • tap to pay
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English tappen, teppen, from Old French tapper, taper (to tap), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tapp?n, *dabb?n (to strike) or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen ("to tap, rap, strike"); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dab- (to strike), from Proto-Indo-European *d?Ab?- (to beat, strike, stun, be speechless). Related to German tappen (to grope, fumble), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (to tap). Related to dab.

Verb

tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

  1. To strike lightly. [from early 13th c.]
  2. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
    Synonyms: hit, patter, pound, rap, strike; see also Thesaurus:hit
  3. To make a sharp noise.
    Synonyms: hit, bang, ping, rap
  4. (graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
    Coordinate term: click
  5. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. [from mid-20th c.]
  6. (slang, vulgar, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
    Synonyms: go to bed with, hit, sleep with, wap; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
  7. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
    Synonym: tap out
  8. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
    Synonym: tap out
  9. To put a new sole or heel on.
Translations

Noun

tap (plural taps)

  1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
    • each of them shakes her Fan at me with a smile , then gives her right-hand woman a tap upon the shoulder
  2. (dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
  3. (computing, graphical user interface) The act of touching a touch screen.
    Coordinate term: click
  4. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
    Synonym: heeltap
  5. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
  6. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [?] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
    Synonym: flap
Translations

Etymology 3

Hindi [Term?]

Noun

tap

  1. An Indian malarial fever.

References

Anagrams

  • APT, ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TPA, ap't, apt, apt., pat

Albanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tap

  1. struck, hit

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?tap/
  • Rhymes: -ap

Noun

tap m (plural taps)

  1. tap, spigot
  2. (castells) A casteller inserted into an empty space in a pinya to make it more compact

Derived terms

  • ésser un tap de barral

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish tapp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tap/, [?t??b?]

Noun

tap c (singular definite tappen, plural indefinite tappe or tapper)

  1. (mechanics) protruding component of a device
  2. (anatomy) cone cell
  3. (informal) penis
  4. (erotic literature) clitoris
    • 2014, Hans Otto Jørgensen, Ove gasser op: Udvalgte noveller, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
      Hun kælede for hullet med spidsen, krængede lapperne yderligere, og så fandeme kom også dér tappen til syne.
    • 2014, 2016, Christian Møgeltoft, Uskyld, Lindhardt og Ringhof (?ISBN)
      Da hans tunge fandt den lille hårde tap, klynkede hun som et barn, der bliver slået.

Inflection

Etymology 2

Acronym of teknisk-administrativt personale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tap/, [?t??b?]

Noun

tap c (singular definite tap'en, plural indefinite tap'er)

  1. member of technical and administrative staff

Inflection

Etymology 3

Verb

tap

  1. imperative of tappe

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tappe (closing pin, stopper), from Old Dutch *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?p/
  • Hyphenation: tap
  • Rhymes: -?p

Noun

tap m (plural tappen, diminutive tapje n)

  1. tap

Usage notes

Although this term can be used to mean a tap from which water flows, this usage is rare; the more common term is kraan. It is most commonly used to refer to a beer tap.

Synonyms

  • kraan

Derived terms

  • biertap
  • flappentap
  • tapbier
  • tappen

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: tap

Icelandic

Etymology

From tapa (to lose).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?a?p/
  • Rhymes: -a?p

Noun

tap n (genitive singular taps, nominative plural töp)

  1. loss, damage

Declension

Related terms

  • tapa

K'iche'

Noun

tap

  1. (Classical K'iche') crab

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tap/

Verb

tap

  1. to make something burn
  2. to make something stick

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Middle English

Verb

tap

  1. Alternative form of tappen (to touch gently)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t??p/

Noun

tap n (definite singular tapet, indefinite plural tap, definite plural tapa or tapene)

  1. (a) loss

Derived terms


Related terms

  • tape (Etymology 2)

References

  • “tap” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t??p/

Noun

tap n (definite singular tapet, indefinite plural tap, definite plural tapa)

  1. (a) loss, defeat

Derived terms


References

  • “tap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tap/

Adverb

tap (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)

  1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

References

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Pacoh tâp (to bury), Riang [Lang] tap² ("to dam"), Mal t?ap ("to bury"), Mon ????? (to bury), Vietnamese ??p (to cover something with a layer).

Verb

tap

  1. to bury

Synonyms

  • (to bury): choop
  • (to plant): chet

References


Spanish

Noun

tap m (uncountable)

  1. tap, tap dancing

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