bumpedadj.
/bʌm(p)t/, U.S. /bəm(p)t/ 1. Having a bump or bumps; bumpy. Also with out, up.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 795 The roote is thicke, bumped or knobbed, which we call tuberous.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bossé,..knobbie, bulked, or bumped out.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 120 Another triangular, unequilateral, bumped-up, large loadstone.
1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 177 The two ends or extremes, on the upper part are very bumped and prominent.
1852 Cultivator June 217/1 Nagore bull. This belongs to the bumped or zebu division of the ox tribe.
1859 Househ. Words 19 Feb. 272/2 There he is, with..his fine oval face, and swelling, bumped-out brow.
1908 S. Christie Boiler ix. 220 Drums and water cylinders constructed with a bumped head at each or either end.
1990 A. S. Byatt Possession (1991) xix. 342 A snail-curly nose,..a bumped brow.
2. That has suffered a collision, blow, etc.; injured or damaged by being struck or knocked.
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1860 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 336/2 ‘Take care where you're coming to.’ It is the coxswain of the bumped boat who speaks.
1923 Boys' Life June 9/1 Out tumbled the exhausted and nerve-shaken adventurers, bumped, bruised and sore, bodily and mentally.
1971 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids) 12 Apr. 3/1 (advt.) Extension telephones prevent mad dashes, bumped shins, missed telephone calls.
2016 South Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 22 Aug. 22 You've got car insurance... You got a bumped car. You did not get hurt.
3. Of a passenger: refused a reserved place on a flight because of overbooking by the airline.
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1957 N.Y. Times 15 Sept. x. 21/2 The major violations were in overselling and in making cash refunds..to bumped passengers.
1972 N.Y. Mag. 4 Sept. 21 TWA refused to make immediate refunds..to at least 500 ‘bumped’ passengers.
1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 14 Apr. 3 b The airlines do compensate the bumped flyer to some degree—but only after the government forced them to.
2013 E. Mackaay Law & Econ. Civil Law Syst. 488 Even if every ‘bumped traveller’ cost the airline $1,000,..the airline would still be well ahead as a result of introducing overbooking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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