Bumping

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bump \Bump\ (b[u^]mp; 215), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bumped}
     (b[u^]mpt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bumping}.] [Cf. W. pwmp round
     mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to
     roar.]
     To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to
     thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.


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