bump – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bump

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bump
Participle: bumped
Gerund: bumping

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of bump

Indicative

Present

Ibump
youbump
he;she;itbumps
webump
youbump
theybump

Perfect

Ihave bumped
youhave bumped
he;she;ithas bumped
wehave bumped
youhave bumped
theyhave bumped

Past

Ibumped
youbumped
he;she;itbumped
webumped
youbumped
theybumped

Pluperfect

Ihad bumped
youhad bumped
he;she;ithad bumped
wehad bumped
youhad bumped
theyhad bumped

Future

Iwill bump
youwill bump
he;she;itwill bump
wewill bump
youwill bump
theywill bump

Future Perfect

Iwill have bumped
youwill have bumped
he;she;itwill have bumped
wewill have bumped
youwill have bumped
theywill have bumped

Subjunctive

Present

Ibump
youbump
he;she;itbump
webump
youbump
theybump

Perfect

Ihave bumped
youhave bumped
he;she;ithave bumped
wehave bumped
youhave bumped
theyhave bumped

Imperfect

Ibumped
youbumped
he;she;itbumped
webumped
youbumped
theybumped

Pluperfect

Ihad bumped
youhad bumped
he;she;ithad bumped
wehad bumped
youhad bumped
theyhad bumped

Conditional

Present

Iwould bump
youwould bump
he;she;itwould bump
wewould bump
youwould bump
theywould bump

Perfect

Iwould have bumped
youwould have bumped
he;she;itwould have bumped
wewould have bumped
youwould have bumped
theywould have bumped

Imperative

youbump
weLet's bump
youbump

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bumping
youare bumping
he;she;itis bumping
weare bumping
youare bumping
theyare bumping

Perfect

Ihave been bumping
youhave been bumping
he;she;ithas been bumping
wehave been bumping
youhave been bumping
theyhave been bumping

Past

Iwas bumping
youwere bumping
he;she;itwas bumping
wewere bumping
youwere bumping
theywere bumping

Pluperfect

Ihad been bumping
youhad been bumping
he;she;ithad been bumping
wehad been bumping
youhad been bumping
theyhad been bumping

Future

Iwill be bumping
youwill be bumping
he;she;itwill be bumping
wewill be bumping
youwill be bumping
theywill be bumping

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bumping
youwill have been bumping
he;she;itwill have been bumping
wewill have been bumping
youwill have been bumping
theywill have been bumping

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bumping
youwould be bumping
he;she;itwould be bumping
wewould be bumping
youwould be bumping
theywould be bumping

Perfect

Iwould have been bumping
youwould have been bumping
he;she;itwould have been bumping
wewould have been bumping
youwould have been bumping
theywould have been bumping

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bump'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bump'

bum, burp, dump, hump, jump, lump, mump, pump, sump, tump,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1611, perhaps Scand., probably echoic, original sense was "hitting" then of "swelling from being hit." Also has a long association with obs. bum "to make a booming noise," which influenced surviving senses like bumper crop, for something full to the brim. Bumpers first recorded 1839, on railroad cars; 1926 on automobiles. To bump into "meet" is from 1880s; to bump off "kill" is 1908 in underworld slang.
2. From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin.
3. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb. See: Danish 'bumpe', Dutch 'bommen', German, old spelling 'bummen', Icelandic 'bumba'.

Verbs referencing "bump"

Danish bumpe.

Sample Sentences

  • The labouring of the ship in the troubled sea on this night I shall never forget. ‘Will it ever be worse than this ? ’ was a question I had often heard asked, when everything was sliding and bumping about, and when it certainly did seem difficult to comprehend the possibility of anything afloat being more disturbed, without toppling over and going down. But what the agitation of a steam-vessel [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] at night: say half-past ten: moonlight, warm, and dull enough. The steamer (not unlike a child 's Noah 's ark in form, with the machinery on the top of the roof ) is riding lazily up and down, and bumping clumsily against the wooden pier, as the ripple of the river trifles with its unwieldy carcase. The wharf is some distance from the city. There is nobody down here; and one or two dull lamps upon [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] merriment in the water, until the arrival of the railway train, for whose final contribution to our stock of passengers, our departure was alone deferred. It brought a great many boxes, which were bumped and tossed upon the roof, almost as painfully as if they had been deposited on one 's own head, without the intervention of a porter 's knot; and several damp gentlemen, whose clothes, on their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)