bump – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bump

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bump along
Participle: bumped along
Gerund: bumping along

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of bump

Indicative

Present

Ibump along
youbump along
he;she;itbumps along
webump along
youbump along
theybump along

Perfect

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

Past

Ibumped along
youbumped along
he;she;itbumped along
webumped along
youbumped along
theybumped along

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ibump along
youbump along
he;she;itbump along
webump along
youbump along
theybump along

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ibumped along
youbumped along
he;she;itbumped along
webumped along
youbumped along
theybumped along

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbump along
weLet's bump along
youbump along

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)