pilomotor reflex
gooseflesh
goose bump
goosebump
goose pimple
goose skin
horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
| speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway |
blow
bump | an impact (as from a collision), the bump threw him off the bicycle |
c bulge
bump
hump
swelling
gibbosity
gibbousness
jut
prominence
protuberance
protrusion
extrusion
excrescence a caa | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings, the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge, the hump of a camel, he stood on the rocky prominence, the occipital protuberance was well developed, the bony excrescence between its horns |
| bump | a lump on the body caused by a blow |
| bump up | increase or raise, OPEC bumped up the price of oil |
bump
knock | knock against with force or violence, My car bumped into the tree |
run into
bump into
jar against
butt against knock against | collide violently with an obstacle, I ran into the telephone pole |
| dislodge bump | remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied, The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space |
jar shake up
bump around | shock physically, Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game |
| bump | dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward, bump and grind |
| find happen chance bump encounter | come upon, as if by accident, meet with, We find this idea in Plato, I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here, She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day |
demote
bump
relegate
break kick downstairs | assign to a lower position, reduce in rank, She was demoted because she always speaks up, He was broken down to Sergeant |
murder
slay
hit
dispatch bump off
off
polish off
remove | kill intentionally and with premeditation, The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered |