English English Dictionary

A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

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An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

See Bottomery.

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The noise made by the bittern.

To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.

One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."

A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.

A thump; a heavy blow.

To come in violent contact with something; to thump.

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

That which bumps or causes a bump.

A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.

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