Bump

Bump or bumps may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Bump (dance), a dance from the 1970s disco era
• BUMP (comics), 2007-08 limited edition comic book series

Fictional characters

• Bobby Bumps, titular character of a series of American silent animated short films produced (1915–1925)
• Bump (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe
• Mr. Bump, a Mr. Men character

Music

• "The Bump", a funky song by the Commodores from Machine Gun (1974)
• "The Bump", a 1974 hit single by the band Kenny
• Bump (album), a jazz album recorded by musician John Scofield in 2000
• "Bump", a song by Raven-Symoné from This Is My Time
• "Bump", a song by Fun Lovin' Criminals from Loco
• "Bump", a song by Spank Rock from YoYoYoYoYo
• "Bump", a song by Rehab from Graffiti the World
• "Bump", a song by Baby Blue from No Smoke Without Fire
• "Bump", a song by Brockhampton from Saturation
• "Bump", a 2006 song by Spank Rock

Television

• Bump!, a Canadian gay and lesbian travel and lifestyle television series
• Bump, a pricing game on The Price Is Right television game show
• Bump (Australian TV series), a 2021 Australian streaming television drama series
• Bump (British TV series), a 1990 British children's animated programme featuring an elephant

Culture

• Elbow bump, an informal greeting where two people touch or tap elbows
• Fist bump, an informal greeting
• The bumps, a birthday tradition

Infrastructure and industry

• Bump, airline travel slang for the involuntary denial of boarding to passengers on an overbooked flight
• Bump (union), in a unionised work environment, a reassignment of jobs on the basis of seniority
• Bumper music or bump, in radio broadcasting a short clip of music used for transitions between program elements
• Coal mine bump, a seismic jolt occurring within a mine

People

• Bump (nickname)
• Bump (surname)

Sport

• Bump (football), a body contact alternative to a tackle and shepherding method in Australian rules football
• Bump (game), a basketball elimination game
• Bump (professional wrestling), making actual contact with another individual, an object, or the ground
• Bump, an alternative name for moguls in mogul skiing
• Bumps race, a type of rowing competition

Other uses

• Bump (application), a popular app for the iPhone and Android smartphones which allowed users to easily share information
• Bump (Internet), a term for moving a thread to the top of a forum
• The Bump, a knoll on South Georgia Island; see Fortuna Bay
• Bumps River, in Centerville, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.

See also

• "Bump Bump!", 2009 single from BoA
• "Bump, Bump, Bump", a 2003 single by B2K featuring P. Diddy
• Speed bump, a raised portion of road designed to slow traffic
• "Bumped" (song), by Right Said Fred
• Bumper (disambiguation)
• Bumpy (disambiguation)
• Bumping (disambiguation)