Clues for the word "BUMP"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 141 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on April 23, 2026.
Definition of bump
- v. t. - To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
- v. i. - To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
- n. - A thump; a heavy blow.
- n. - A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
- n. - 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."
- n. - The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
- v. i. - To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
- n. - The noise made by the bittern.
Referring Clues
- Cause for an apology
- Road caution
- Run (into)
- Jolt
- Jolt provider in a car
- Word after speed or baby
- Fist ___ (modern greeting)
- Road imperfection
- Promote or demote
- Raise, in poker
- Knock against
- Road warning sign
- Speed ___ (traffic-calming device)
- Speed reducer
- Jostle
- Unseat
- Speed ___
- Highway warning sign
- Road bulge
- Push slightly
- Car slower
- Log feature
- Phrenologist's interest
- Displace
- Traffic slower
- A log may have one
- Speed deterrent
- How things in the night go?
- Road flaw
- Dislodge
- Speed ___
- Dislodge, so to speak
- Ecdysiast's move
- Dislodge with force
- ___ on a log
- Strike slightly
- Light collision
- Slight impact
- Things that go ___ in the night
- Swelling
- "Things that go ___ in the night"
- Protuberance
- Increase
- Thing on a log
- Raised bruise
- Baby ___
- Oust
- Raise, as a price
- into (meet by chance)
- Remove from the schedule
- Minor impact
- Nudge
- Kick off a flight
- Jar
- Speed ___ (speeder's caution)
- Speed ___ (road obstacle)
- Road warning sign warning
- Dislodge, in airline-speak
- Baby ___ (tabloid term for a celeb's pregnancy sighting)
- Jog behind leading professional
- Dud and Pete's initial prominence
- Injury coming from what 12 down may have offered without hesitation
- Total initially missing in oil company's accident
- Uptick
- Knock (into)
- Collide
- Evidence of pregnancy - knock (into)
- Mogul on a ski slope, essentially
- Result of bonking ones head
- Rustic's family deserts him - it's a blow
- Collide with force or violence
- Strike has a thousand involved in local uprising
- Collide with b___- ref!
- Hesitation in lead about to cause collision
- Kick off the flight
- Collide with, ___ into
- Volleyball move before a set
- Hurt by knocking
- Uneven road feature
- Mogul
- How things may go in the night
- Word after fist or baby
- Sign suggesting slowing
- Fist ___ (greeting)
- Knock off the schedule
- Collide with
- Speeding check
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - April 23, 2026
- LA Times - March 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 16, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 04, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - November 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 13, 2025
- New York Times - August 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 14, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 04, 2024
- New York Times - June 24, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - February 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 07, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 06, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - July 20, 2023
- Your Life Choices - May 04, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - March 21, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - January 07, 2023
- USA Today - December 06, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 28, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - October 20, 2022
- USA Today - August 03, 2022
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 11, 2018
- Mindfood Daily - December 26, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - December 22, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - December 18, 2017
- USA Today - August 25, 2017
- Mirror Quick - August 17, 2017
- And in 111 more crossword puzzles...