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bump noun- in a striptease or other sexual dance, a forceful pelvic thrust US, 1931
- A lot of white vocalists, even some with the big name bands today, are either as stiff as a stuffed owl or else they go through more wringing and twisting than a shake dancer, doing grinds and bumps all over the place[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 27, 1946
- Here she stopped, laughed out loud, and flung her hips into a series of “bumps” and “grinds.” — Mark Tryon, Of G-Strings and Strippers, p. 7, 1953
- She hummed to herself, trying out words: “I’m out on my cast at last, and rarin’ for some darin’...” Bump on “rarin’,” grind on “darin’.” — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 292, 1954
- “You do about four bars a bumps and grinds while I chew a hunk outta the grass hut.” — Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy, p. 182, 1957
- Surviving from cooch dancing in the stripper’s routine are such essential bodily movements as the fishtail–the hip-wiggling part–and the bumps–the forward and backward movement of the abdomen. — William Green, Strippers and Coochers, p. 165, 1977
- Traditional stripping involves several dance movements, including the bump, the grind, and the “hootchy-kootchy.” — Marilyn Suriani Futterman, Dancing Naked in the Material World, p. 126, 1992
- in professional wrestling, a fall to the mat or floor, embellished with grunts, shakes and body spasms that create the impression that the opponent has truly hurt the victim US, 2000
- bump n. a fall or hit done as a spot (see spot) usually, but not necessarily, by a referee, manager or other non-wrestler. — rec.sports.pro-wrestling, 17 July 1990
- Dave Meltzer brought up that wrestling was growing into a stunt man show with crazier and crazier bumps. — Herb Kunze, Herb’s Wrestling Tidbits, 2000
- As a pro, Morrus took major bumps when he faced off against another super-heavyweight. — Rampage, p. 33, September 2000
- Lita spent another three weeks in Mexico, where she got a crash course in taking bumps. — Raw Magazine, p. 24, September 2000
- Even the girls in ECW took crazy bumps. — Missy Hyatt, Missy Hyatt, p. 150, 2001
- I started wrestling right away in addition to managing, because the promoters saw that I could take bumps. — Bobby Heenan, Bobby the Brain, p. 15, 2002
- a dose of cocaine UK
- You were literally offered it [cocaine] by everyone, from your accountant to the head of your record company. Everyone was like, “Wanna bump?” — Elliot Roberts, quoted in Waiting For The Sun, p. 247, 1996
- Doing another bump of coke when you know you’ve had enough. — Suroosh Alvi et al., The Vice Guide, p. 16, 2002
- a single dose of the recreational drug ketamine US
- It’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to a “bump,” which is a dose of ketamine, or Special K, a surgical anesthetic snorted by clubgoers to magnify dance floor sensations lights, bass, chaos. — Daily News (New York), p. 42, 8 October 1995
- a single dose of crystalised methadrine US, 1985
- You don’t need to do that much. You only have to do bumps with crystal. — Boogie Nights, 1997
- In the clubs, men exchnage what are known as “bumps,” or snorts, on the dance floor or in rest room stalls. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. A1, 4 May 2003
- crack cocaine; also counterfeit crack cocaine UK, 1998
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 281, 2003
- a fatal overdose of a drug UK
A nuance of the sense as “a single dose of a drug”, possibly influenced by the sense “to kill”. - OD’s on meth. Carked it. The prick.–Overdose like. Bump, that’s him. — Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, p. 55, 2001
- an assassination; a murder US, 1919
- [I]t was Zotta who did the bump — Adam Hall, The 9th Directive, 1966
- [T]he death of Primero, and it was Zotta who did the bump. — Adam Hall, The 9th Directive, 1966
- — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, 1992
- in poker, an increase in the bet on a hand US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 14, 1988
- in betting, a doubling of the bet in effect US
- — Sam Snead and Jerry Tarde, Pigeons, Marks, Hustlers and Other Golf Bettors You Can Beat, p. 110, 1986
- a promotion in pay or responsibility US, 1949
- — Harold Wentorth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, p. 75, 1960
- in computing, an increment US
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 85, 1991
- in volleyball, an underhand forearm pass to a team mate US
- — Janet Thigpen, Power Volleyball, p. 97, 1985
- a single dose of a powdered drug US, 1985
- I cried out, pitifully, “PLEASE! Just one bump! One little bump, I beg of you.” — James St. James, Party Monster, p. 75, 1990
- It’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to a “bump,” which is a dose of ketamine, or Special K, a surgical anesthetic snorted by clubgoers to magnify dance floor sensations lights, bass, chaos. — Daily News (New York), p. 42, 8 October 1995
- You don’t need to do that much. You only have to do bumps with crystal. — Boogie Nights, 1997
- Got a cigarette? Can I have a bump? — Michelle Tea, Rent Girl, p. 171, 2004
▶ the bump dismissal from employment UK: SCOTLAND- I see wee Doagie got the bump fae his work[.] — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, 1988
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