bumpyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmpi/, U.S.

/ˈbəmpi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bump n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < bump n.² + -y suffix¹.

1. Full of or characterized by bumps or protuberances; lumpy.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having lumps or bumps

bumped1597

hulchy1632

humpy1708

lumpy1708

bumpy1769

hunchy1881

humpty1889

1769 J. Reed Tom Jones i. 13 Now in their noddles as bumpy they show, As if the whole carcase was all head.

1829 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 4 Apr. Jenny..has a remarkably short waist, bumpy face, high cheek bones, [etc.].

1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 239 A wall of brown, brambly, humpy, bumpy heatherland.

1938 National Geographic Mag. July 25 A seminary special, bumpy stew... Keep stirring until it gets bumpy.

1971 Daily Tel. 19 Apr. 12/4 That curious pilled wool.., bumpy as if the wool had come out in a rash.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 July b5/6 A free-standing piece like ‘Sphere’, flat, roundish, bumpy with chips of color.

a. Of a surface, esp. a road: uneven; liable to cause bumps or jolts. Hence of a journey: undertaken on uneven roads.

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1841 Leicester Chron. 4 Sept. The bowls mounting so high, owing to the bumpy nature of the ground.

1862 Baily's Monthly Mag. Apr. 259 Over a rough, uncultivated, and very bumpy road.

1916 Everyland Sept. 297/3 It was a long bumpy journey to Cologne.

1973 E. E. Aldrin & W. Warga Return to Earth i. 1 There was a jolt.., rather like a rough landing on a bumpy runway.

2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Jan. 14 Do you test drive them on suburban bumpy roads?

b. Esp. of a motor vehicle: moving in a jolting fashion.

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1907 Autocar 26 Oct. 660/3 90 lbs. pressure usually makes a very bumpy car.

1959 Daily Defender (Chicago) 18 Aug. 4/3 Riding a bumpy bus back and forth.

2016 Maroondah (Melbourne) Leader (Nexis) 27 Sept. 3 If you are moving it [sc. a suspicious item] in a bumpy car, that movement would be what would cause it to explode.

c. figurative and in figurative contexts. Having many ups and downs or rough patches; fraught with difficulties, obstacles, etc.

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1917 Retail Grocers Advocate (Calif.) 31 Aug. 17/2 A very bumpy time in the history of the world in the matter of buying and selling.

1938 San Antonio (Texas) Light 31 July 3/1 [She] had a very bumpy marriage.

1974 Black Enterprise Dec. 40 Outside technical assistance had been lined up to help them over the bumpy period.

2011 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. (Business section) b2/2 Things are bad but we're at least still on the same bumpy road to recovery.

3. Cricket. Of a delivery: short-pitched and rising sharply after pitching. Of bowling: consisting of or characterized by such deliveries. Of a bowler: capable of or frequently employing such deliveries. Cf. bumper n.¹ 3. Now rare.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > type of over

bumpy1864

six-ball1910

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > types of delivery or ball

wide1827

shooting1833

full-pitched1834

bumping1851

overpitched1855

hand over head1862

bumpy1864

right arm1877

breaking1881

fast-breaking1893

leg-breaking1896

hittable1898

off-breaking1904

inswinging1920

underpitched1927

outswinging1929

1864 Bell's Life in London 18 June 8/4 This was a bumpy ball and completely beat him.

1880 York Herald 29 May 8/6 The fast, bumpy bowlers will have much the best of those who trundle slow twists.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 8 May 2/1 He delivers a very fast bumpy ball.

1933 Scotsman 21 July 11 The ‘bumpy’ bowling which appears to be the vogue at the moment.

4. Aeronautics. Of an aircraft's flight: subject to sudden upward and downward movements as a result of the aircraft passing through regions of turbulent air (see bump n.² 9); (of air or atmospheric conditions) giving rise to such movements; turbulent.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [adjective] > uneven, full of bumps

bumpy1913

1913 H. R. P. Reynolds in A. E. Berriman Aviation 166 I scarcely moved my control lever until I got to Bletchley, where it [sc. the air] began to get rather ‘bumpy’.

1918 Punch 3 Apr. 222/3 Weather looks dud—you're going to have it bumpy in the morning, if you're on a pup.

1959 Times 13 June 9/6 It was a nightmare journey for pilot and navigator alike. Conditions were very bumpy.

1963 V. Gielgud Goggle-box Affair xxii. 249 He was..suffering from the after-effects of a bumpy flight.

1997 Chicago Tribune 14 Dec. viii. 3/1 The bumpy airborne excursion to Angel Falls..leaves the Canaima airfield once a day.

Compounds

bumpy-looking adj. that looks bumpy; that has a lot of bumps.

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1847 Morning Post 3 Aug. 6/3 That laughing, bumpy-looking woman.

1922 Math. Gaz. 11 149 A reasonable looking equation does not produce a bumpy looking graph.

2006 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 8 Dec. 60 The land at the Green Lane end of the park has some bumpy-looking soccer pitches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bumpy
释义	bumpyadj. Brit. /ˈbʌmpi/, U.S. /ˈbəmpi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bump n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < bump n.² + -y suffix¹. 1. Full of or characterized by bumps or protuberances; lumpy. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having lumps or bumps bumped1597 hulchy1632 humpy1708 lumpy1708 bumpy1769 hunchy1881 humpty1889 1769 J. Reed Tom Jones i. 13 Now in their noddles as bumpy they show, As if the whole carcase was all head. 1829 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 4 Apr. Jenny..has a remarkably short waist, bumpy face, high cheek bones, [etc.]. 1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 239 A wall of brown, brambly, humpy, bumpy heatherland. 1938 National Geographic Mag. July 25 A seminary special, bumpy stew... Keep stirring until it gets bumpy. 1971 Daily Tel. 19 Apr. 12/4 That curious pilled wool.., bumpy as if the wool had come out in a rash. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 July b5/6 A free-standing piece like ‘Sphere’, flat, roundish, bumpy with chips of color. 2. a. Of a surface, esp. a road: uneven; liable to cause bumps or jolts. Hence of a journey: undertaken on uneven roads. ΚΠ 1841 Leicester Chron. 4 Sept. The bowls mounting so high, owing to the bumpy nature of the ground. 1862 Baily's Monthly Mag. Apr. 259 Over a rough, uncultivated, and very bumpy road. 1916 Everyland Sept. 297/3 It was a long bumpy journey to Cologne. 1973 E. E. Aldrin & W. Warga Return to Earth i. 1 There was a jolt.., rather like a rough landing on a bumpy runway. 2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Jan. 14 Do you test drive them on suburban bumpy roads? b. Esp. of a motor vehicle: moving in a jolting fashion. ΚΠ 1907 Autocar 26 Oct. 660/3 90 lbs. pressure usually makes a very bumpy car. 1959 Daily Defender (Chicago) 18 Aug. 4/3 Riding a bumpy bus back and forth. 2016 Maroondah (Melbourne) Leader (Nexis) 27 Sept. 3 If you are moving it [sc. a suspicious item] in a bumpy car, that movement would be what would cause it to explode. c. figurative and in figurative contexts. Having many ups and downs or rough patches; fraught with difficulties, obstacles, etc. ΚΠ 1917 Retail Grocers Advocate (Calif.) 31 Aug. 17/2 A very bumpy time in the history of the world in the matter of buying and selling. 1938 San Antonio (Texas) Light 31 July 3/1 [She] had a very bumpy marriage. 1974 Black Enterprise Dec. 40 Outside technical assistance had been lined up to help them over the bumpy period. 2011 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. (Business section) b2/2 Things are bad but we're at least still on the same bumpy road to recovery. 3. Cricket. Of a delivery: short-pitched and rising sharply after pitching. Of bowling: consisting of or characterized by such deliveries. Of a bowler: capable of or frequently employing such deliveries. Cf. bumper n.¹ 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > type of over bumpy1864 six-ball1910 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > types of delivery or ball wide1827 shooting1833 full-pitched1834 bumping1851 overpitched1855 hand over head1862 bumpy1864 right arm1877 breaking1881 fast-breaking1893 leg-breaking1896 hittable1898 off-breaking1904 inswinging1920 underpitched1927 outswinging1929 1864 Bell's Life in London 18 June 8/4 This was a bumpy ball and completely beat him. 1880 York Herald 29 May 8/6 The fast, bumpy bowlers will have much the best of those who trundle slow twists. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 8 May 2/1 He delivers a very fast bumpy ball. 1933 Scotsman 21 July 11 The ‘bumpy’ bowling which appears to be the vogue at the moment. 4. Aeronautics. Of an aircraft's flight: subject to sudden upward and downward movements as a result of the aircraft passing through regions of turbulent air (see bump n.² 9); (of air or atmospheric conditions) giving rise to such movements; turbulent. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [adjective] > uneven, full of bumps bumpy1913 1913 H. R. P. Reynolds in A. E. Berriman Aviation 166 I scarcely moved my control lever until I got to Bletchley, where it [sc. the air] began to get rather ‘bumpy’. 1918 Punch 3 Apr. 222/3 Weather looks dud—you're going to have it bumpy in the morning, if you're on a pup. 1959 Times 13 June 9/6 It was a nightmare journey for pilot and navigator alike. Conditions were very bumpy. 1963 V. Gielgud Goggle-box Affair xxii. 249 He was..suffering from the after-effects of a bumpy flight. 1997 Chicago Tribune 14 Dec. viii. 3/1 The bumpy airborne excursion to Angel Falls..leaves the Canaima airfield once a day. Compounds bumpy-looking adj. that looks bumpy; that has a lot of bumps. ΚΠ 1847 Morning Post 3 Aug. 6/3 That laughing, bumpy-looking woman. 1922 Math. Gaz. 11 149 A reasonable looking equation does not produce a bumpy looking graph. 2006 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 8 Dec. 60 The land at the Green Lane end of the park has some bumpy-looking soccer pitches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1769
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